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Kant's doctrine of transcendental illusion / Michelle Grier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grier, Michelle, 1960- author.
- Series:
- Modern European philosophy.
- Modern European philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
- Kant, Immanuel.
- Illusion (Philosophy)--History--18th century.
- Illusion (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This major study of Kant provides a detailed examination of the development and function of the doctrine of transcendental illusion in his theoretical philosophy. The author shows that a theory of 'illusion' plays a central role in Kant's arguments about metaphysical speculation and scientific theory. Indeed, she argues that we cannot understand Kant unless we take seriously his claim that the mind inevitably acts in accordance with ideas and principles that are 'illusory'. Taking this claim seriously, we can make much better sense of Kant's arguments and reach a deeper understanding of the role he allots human reason in science.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Kant's Discovery of Metaphysical Illusion. 1. Metaphysical Error in the Precritical Works. 2. The Inaugural Dissertation
- pt. 2. Fallacies and Illusions in the Critique of Pure Reason. 3. The Transcendental Employment of the Understanding and the Conflation of Appearances and Things in Themselves. 4. Transcendental Illusion
- pt. 3. The Dialectical Inferences of Pure Reason. 5. Rational Psychology and the Pseudorational Idea of the Soul. 6. Rational Cosmology and the Pseudoempirical Idea of the World. 7. Rational Theology and the Pseudorational Idea of God
- pt. 4. Illusion and Systematicity. 8. The Regulative Employment of Reason.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11881-6
- 1-280-42107-X
- 0-511-17441-1
- 0-511-01808-8
- 0-511-15435-6
- 0-511-30228-2
- 0-511-49814-4
- 0-511-04918-8
- OCLC:
- 191035613
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