And they say studying Philosophy is useless! This idea of "Rationalism" does bear a remarkable correspondence to its 17th century cousin, in that it allows "Re

And they say studying Philosophy is useless! This idea of "Rationalism" does bear a remarkable correspondence to its 17th century cousin, in that it allows "Reason" to run wild, to go to the end of all its conclusions. That is the importance of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, as Kant introduces finitude into the discourse of philosophy; since, Reason, left to run wild, will always miss the empirical world. Thus, there can be stupid questions, there can be things that are just "nuts," not because they can be proven right or wrong, but because the very basis of the question is already outside of empirical possibility and practical use.