The typic in Kant's critique of practical reason : moral judgment and symbolic representation / Adam Westra.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Westra, Adam, 1984- author.

Series:

Kantstudien. Ergänzungshefte ; Band 188.

Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte ; Band 188

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Judgment (Ethics).

Practical reason.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der praktischen Vernunft.

Kant, Immanuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a short chapter of the Critique of Practical Reason entitled "On the Typic of the Pure Practical Power of Judgment," Kant addresses a crucial problem facing his theory of moral judgment: How can we represent the supersensible moral law so as to apply it to actions in the sensible world? Despite its importance to Kant's project, previous studies of the Typic have been fragmentary, disparate, and contradictory. This book provides a detailed commentary on the Typic, elucidating how it enables moral judgment by means of the law of nature, which serves as the 'type', or analogue, of the moral law. In addition, the book situates the Typic, both historically and conceptually, within Kant's theory of symbolic representation. While many commentators have assimilated the Typic to the aesthetic notion of 'symbolic hypotyposis' in the third Critique, the author contends that it has greater continuities with the theoretical notion of 'symbolic anthropomorphism' in the Prolegomena. As the first comprehensive, book-length study of the Typic that critically engages with the secondary literature, this monograph fills an important gap in the research on Kant's ethics and aesthetics and provides a starting point for further inquiry and debate.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Method of citation and list of abbreviations

Introduction

Commentary

Chapter 1. The task

Chapter 2. The 'particular difficulties'

Chapter 3. The resources

Chapter 4. The solution

Chapter 5. The outcome and effectiveness

The Typic's Place in Kant's Theory of Symbolic Representation

Chapter 6. The typic and symbolic hypotyposis

Chapter 7. The typic and symbolic anthropomorphism

Conclusion

Works Cited

Appendices

Appendix I : German text of the Typic chapter

Appendix II: English translation of the Typic chapter

Index of names

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Diss Université de Montréal 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. Selections.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. Selections. English.

ISBN:

9783110455151

3110455153

9783110455939

3110455935

OCLC:

945612184