Cause and Effect

In the second part of Kant’s book he talks about how can not know the concept of cause and effect either through experience or reason. Kant does not agree with Hume that this is considered habit or custom that rather it is a priori knowledge that we apply to appearances. We are not able to know things as for what they are; we are only able to understand them by the appearances that are given off by them. Kant says that cause and effect is not to found in the appearances but rather in the form of the object and the understanding given by it. Hume like Kant both agree that we con not derive concepts from experience but instead we derive experience from those concepts. Concepts of understanding allow for us to legitimize experience, though it still can not tell us anything about the objects or things themselves. This helps us make connections between appearances but they can not go any farther than those appearances given off.