CLEARNESS

[L:68ff] In Kant's discussion of "the logical perfection of cognition", the first level of clarity is the clarity of quality; the second level is the clarity of characteristics, or distinctness. Objective clarity is clearness of concepts; subjective clarity is clearness of intuitions; Kant comments, "objective distinctness often causes subjective obscurity and vice versa". There are various kinds of distinctness, including merely intelligible, lucid, and completely distinct (of which there are several kinds). "It is the business of logic to make clear concepts distinct:" i.e., logic takes a concept with clarity of the first kind and makes it "a concept distinct", with clarity of the second kind. Degrees of clarity are associated with the seven degrees of cognition, which range from mere presentation, through perception, to, at the highest level, comprehension.