Kant S Second Critique And The Problem Of Transcendental Arguments

Author : R.J. Benton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 173 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400997004

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Kant’s Second Critique and the Problem of Transcendental Arguments by R.J. Benton Pdf

This work is in no way intended as a commentary on the second Cri tique, or even on the Analytic of that book. Instead I have limited myself to the attempt to extract the essential structure of the argument of the Analytic and to exhibit it as an instance of a transcendental argument (namely, one establishing the conditions of the possibility of a practical cognitive viewpoint). This limitation of scope has caused me, in some cases, to ignore or treat briefly concrete questions of Kant's practical philosophy that deserve much closer consideration; and in other cases it has led me to relegate questions that could not be treated briefly to appendixes ,in order not to distract from the development of the argu ment. As a result, it is the argument-structure itself that receives pri mary attention, and I think some justification should be offered for this concentration on what may seem to be a purely formal concern. One of the most common weaknesses of interpretations of Kant's works is a failure to distinguish the level of generality at which Kant's argument is being developed. This failure is particularly fatal in dealing with the Critiques, since in interpreting them it is important to keep clearly in mind that it is not this or that cognition that is at stake, but the possibility of (a certain kind of) knowledge as such.

Author : R. J. Benton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
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Release : 1978-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9400997019

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Kant's Second Critique and the Problem of Transcendental Arguments by R. J. Benton Pdf

Author : Karl Ameriks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 366 pages
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Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0199247315

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Interpreting Kant's Critiques by Karl Ameriks Pdf

Karl Ameriks here collects his most important essays to provide a uniquely detailed and up-to-date analysis of Kant's main arguments in all three major areas of his work: theoretical philosophy (Critique of Pure Reason), practical philosophy (Critique of Practical Reason), and aesthetics (Critique of Judgment). Guiding the volume is Ameriks's belief that one cannot properly understand any one of these Critiques except in the context of the other two. The essays can be read individually, but read together they offer a comprehensive guide to the main themes of the most influential of all modern philosophical systems.

Author : Robert Stern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Transcendentalism
ISBN : 0199261563

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Transcendental Arguments by Robert Stern Pdf

A distinguished team of philosophers offer a broad and stimulating examination of the nature, role and value of transcendental arguments, in interrelated essays specially written for this volume.

Author : Peter Strawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
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Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429823602

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The Bounds of Sense by Peter Strawson Pdf

Peter Strawson (1919–2006) was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation and an influential figure in a golden age for British philosophy between 1950 and 1970. The Bounds of Sense is one of the most influential books ever written about Kant’s philosophy, and is one of the key philosophical works of the late twentieth century. Whilst probably best known for its criticism of Kant’s transcendental idealism, it is also famous for the highly original manner in which Strawson defended and developed some of Kant’s fundamental insights into the nature of subjectivity, experience and knowledge – at a time when few philosphers were engaging with Kant’s ideas. The book had a profound effect on the interpretation of Kant’s philosophy when it was first published in 1966 and continues to influence discussion of Kant, the soundness of transcendental arguments, and debates in epistemology and metaphysics generally. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Lucy Allais.

Author : James O'Shea
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317547891

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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by James O'Shea Pdf

"Kant's Critique of Pure Reason" remains one of the landmark works of Western philosophy. Most philosophy students encounter it at some point in their studies but at nearly 700 pages of detailed and complex argument it is also a demanding and intimidating read. James O'Shea's short introduction to "CPR" aims to make it less so. Aimed at students coming to the book for the first time, it provides step by step analysis in clear, unambiguous prose. The conceptual problems Kant sought to resolve are outlined, and his conclusions concerning the nature of the faculty of human knowledge and possibility of metaphysics, and the arguments for those conclusions, are explored. In addition he shows how the "Critique" fits into the history of modern philosophy and how transcendental idealism affected the course of philosophy. Key concepts are explained throughout and the student is provided with an excellent route map through the various parts of the text.

Author : James Van Cleve
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195347012

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Problems from Kant by James Van Cleve Pdf

This rigorous examination of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason provides a comprehensive analysis of the major metaphysical and epistemological questions of Kant's most famous work. Author James Van Cleve presents clear and detailed discussions of Kant's positions and arguments on these themes, as well as critical assessments of Kant's reasoning and conclusions. Expansive in its scope, Van Cleves study covers the overall structure of Kant's idealism, the existence and nature of synthetic a priori knowledge, the epistemology of geometry, and the ontological status of space, time, and matter. Other topics explored are the role of synthesis and the categories in making experience and objects of experience possible, the concepts of substance and causation, issues surrounding Kant's notion of the thing in itself, the nature of the thinking self, and the arguments of rational theology. A concluding chapter discusses the affinities between Kant's idealism and contemporary antirealism, in particular the work of Putnam and Dummett. Unlike some interpreters, Van Cleve takes Kant's professed idealism seriously, finding it at work in his solutions to many problems. He offers a critique in Kant's own sense--a critical examination leading to both negative and positive verdicts. While finding little to endorse in some parts of Kant's system that have won contemporary favor (for example, the deduction of the categories) Van Cleve defends other aspects of Kant's thought that are commonly impugned (for instance, the existence of synthetic a priori truths and things in themselves). This vital study makes a significant contribution to the literature, while at the same time making Kant's work accessible to serious students.

Author : Scott Stapleford
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131657459

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Kant's Transcendental Arguments by Scott Stapleford Pdf

A new monograph offering the first focused study of the place of transcendental arguments within Kant's system as a whole.

Author : Henry E. Allison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198724858

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Kant's Transcendental Deduction by Henry E. Allison Pdf

Henry E. Allison presents an analytical and historical account of Kant's transcendental deduction of the pure concepts of the understanding in the 'Critique of Pure Reason'. He traces the line of thought that led Kant to a recognition of the need for transcendental deduction, and defends Kant's 'non-contingency thesis' and 'non-separability thesis'.

Author : Graham Bird
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317228905

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Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Graham Bird Pdf

First published in 1962. Kant’s philosophical works, and especially the Critique of Pure Reason, have had some influence on recent British philosophy. But the complexities of Kant’s arguments, and the unfamiliarity of his vocabulary, inhibit understanding of his point of view. In Kant’s Theory of Knowledge an attempt is made to relate Kant’s arguments in the Critique of Pure Reason to contemporary issues by expressing them in a more modern idiom. The selection of issues discussed is intended to present a continuous argument, of an epistemological kind, which runs centrally through the Critique. The argument deals with essentially with the problems, raised in the Transcendental Analytic, about the status of categories. It deals with certain preliminary assumptions made in setting these problems, and discusses the way in which the various sections of the Analytic contribute to their solution. It also deals with Kant’s criticisms of traditional metaphysics, and ends with an account of his effort in the Third Antinomy to resolve the conflict between freedom and causality, and so to effect a transition of knowledge to moral philosophy.

Author : Paul Guyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139828314

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The Cambridge Companion to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by Paul Guyer Pdf

Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781, is one of the landmarks of Western philosophy, a radical departure from everything that went before and an inescapable influence on all philosophy since its publication. This Companion is the first collective commentary on this work in English. The seventeen chapters have been written by an international team of scholars, including some of the best-known figures in the field as well as emerging younger talents. The first two chapters situate Kant's project against the background of continental rationalism and British empiricism, the dominant schools of early modern philosophy. Eleven chapters then expound and assess all the main arguments of the Critique. Finally, four chapters recount the enormous influence of the Critique on subsequent philosophical movements, including German Idealism and Neo-Kantianism, twentieth-century continental philosophy, and twentieth-century Anglo-American analytic philosophy. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography.

Author : Patricia Kitcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199754823

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Kant's Thinker by Patricia Kitcher Pdf

Kant's Thinker examines the Critique of Pure Reason's account of the relation between cognition and self-consciousness. It shows how the theory that cognizers must understand their mental states as standing in relations of rational connection has implications for theories of the self-ascription of belief, consciousness and knowledge of other subjects.

Author : Paul Guyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987-12-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521337720

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Kant and the Claims of Knowledge by Paul Guyer Pdf

This book offers a radically new account of the development and structure of the central arguments of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason: the defense of the objective validity of such categories as substance, causation, and independent existence. Paul Guyer makes far more extensive use than any other commentator of historical materials from the years leading up to the publication of the Critique and surrounding its revision, and he shows that the work which has come down to us is the result of some striking and only partially resolved theoretical tensions. Kant had originally intended to demonstrate the validity of the categories by exploiting what he called 'analogies of appearance' between the structure of self-knowledge and our knowledge of objects. The idea of a separate 'transcendental deduction', independent from the analysis of the necessary conditions of empirical judgements, arose only shortly before publication of the Critique in 1781, and distorted much of Kant's original inspiration. Part of what led Kant to present this deduction separately was his invention of a new pattern of argument - very different from the 'transcendental arguments' attributed by recent interpreters to Kant - depending on initial claims to necessary truth.

Author : Terence Edward Wilkerson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Causation
ISBN : UOM:39076005311100

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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by Terence Edward Wilkerson Pdf

Author : Bryan Hall
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739141670

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The Arguments of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by Bryan Hall Pdf

This book reconstructs, using the tools of propositional logic, thirty-six of the central arguments from Immanuel Kant's landmark work, the Critique of Pure Reason. Although there are many excellent companions to and commentaries on the Critique, none of these books straightforwardly reconstructs so many of Kant's arguments premise by premise, using the tools of propositional logic.