I am trying to understand Kant's view on space and time. After reading several articles, I think I somewhat understood what he is trying to say, but I'd like to get my view approved. Here is how I understood Kant by comparing his view with how computers handle images.
- The purest form of an image file(string of 0 and 1s) corresponds to a thing-in-itself.
- Computers use the appropriate form of decoding to translate the binary string to a visual image. Likewise, a thing-in-itself is perceived to our understanding via the form of outer intuition(space) and the form of inner intuition(time).
- Therefore, like how the decoding algorithm of image doesn't actually exist within the hard drive, space and time do not actually exist, but are mere forms within our mind that we use to perceive the world.
- Like how some binary strings don't follow image format, some things-in-itself may not be subject under the forms of time and space. These, we cannot perceive by any means.
- Our experience of an object is made possible by categorization of representations. Therefore, categories are transcendental. But space and time are not transcendental, since they are mere requirements for experience.
Are the above explanations correct?