Immanueal Kant's theory on time and space

Time is a mental construct, a priori to culture conditioning. It is inside the head, not outside of it. Time does not exist in the physical world because it has no physical attributes. Kant says that “the mind will trick itself into thinking that objects around it are ‘in’ time” (Time and Space). We think that because we have a word for time, that it exists around us. Time does not exist around us, we merely see things around us in the form of time. Time is a thought – a way of thinking. Time is not tangible. It has no existence in the physical world, only in the mental world. Time is a mental cons

According to Kant, space is also seen as a construct of the human mind. It is another “perceptual house” that out mind is confined to. Space is used as an organizer for the brain. Kant’s statement is supported by Robert Wolff in “About Philosophy” when he states that “Space is nothing more than a mental structure that the mind uses to organize its sensations” (Simon & Schuster: Upper Saddle, New Jersey, 1995. p.397). Space is just an inner reality that is imposed on the phenomenal world. Animals do not seem to have a concept of space. Only humans seem to have a concept of space, so it can’t exist outside of us. If an animal did, it would be different than our own. Space is an a priori perception created by the human mind.

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