Contributions of Immanuel Kant

- Divided Knowledge into a priori (transcendental) and empirical knowledge.

- Believed that there were truths not based upon sensory experience

- Believed in free will and an innate moral consciousness(the categorical imperative)

- The Mind is:

- active (Subjective experience is not just the passive processing of sensory information.)

- governed by innate laws and structures

- translates sensations into ideas

- The dimensions of time and space are perceptual forms innate to the mind.

His impact on Psychology has been felt in:

- cognitive development
- moral development
- structure of thought & language
- Gestalt Psychology
- Perceptual organization
- idea of culture-free methods of assessment