Transcendental Aesthetic (Kant's Critique of Pure Reason)

On this episode, Ryan and Todd return to Kant and discuss the Transcendental Aesthetic from his Critique of Pure Reason. The hosts work through a sketch of Kant's idea, why he's proposing it, and why even the form of its argumentation is significant for the history of philosophy. The hosts also work over the influence of this section on Heidegger and propose a possible influence on Freud. Later the pair try to mobilize Kant's conception of time and space through pop culture example which is often seen in psychoanalytic treatments of Freud and Lacan (and even some with Hegel) but much less with Kant.

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Transcendental Aesthetic (Kant's Critique of Pure Reason) is an episode from Why Theory by Why Theory.

This episode is 01:14:17 long.

This episode was published on Feb 15, 2026.

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