"When an appearance is given us, we are still quite free as to how we should judge the matter. The appearance depends upon the senses, but the judgment upon the understanding; and the only question is whether in the determination of the object there is truth or not."
I think what is being said here is that you can see something but cannot fully understand the matter at hand. All you can do is view an appearance and make a judgement, but by doing that there really is no understanding of the matter. You will not know if the whole situation is based on truth or not.
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it's like the blog before, how Kant said that we, as being humans, make judgment of someone without knowing them. And it is true abouthow we judge before we know. It happens all the time.
I agree with both of you and Kant that the frst judgement is merely a connection of perceptions throught your senses. At the same time I don't know if there ever can be a determination of the truth or not because I am unsure if anybody truly knows whats true or real.
I think what Kant is saying is that when something appears to a person they can judge it however they would like at first. I say at first because people usually gather more information after their first conclusion and then change their minds.
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