Kant's transcendental deduction : an analytical-historical commentary / Henry E. Allison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, Henry E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Kant, Immanuel.

Transcendental logic.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Reason.

Reasoning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 477 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Analytical-historical commentary

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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'.

Contents:

Kant's Analytic Metaphysics and Model of Cognition in the 1760s. The writings of 1762-1764 : The prize essay, negative magnitudes, and the Beweisgrund ; Announcement of the metaphysics lectures of winter 1764-1765 and Dreams of a spirit-seer (1766)

Kant's Inaugural Dissertation and Its Context. The differentiation of directions in space (1768) and the Great Light of 1769 ; The inaugural dissertation (1770)

The Silent Decade. Kant's letter to Herz of February 21, 1772 and its context ; The Duisburg Nachlass ; B 12 and related texts

Appendix to chapter 3 : Kant and Tetens. Kant's reaction to Tetens' work ; A comparison of their treatments of some common themes, The nature and extent of Tetens' direct influence on Kant

Setting the Stage. The clue to the discovery of all pure concepts of the understanding ; The introductory section of the transcendental deduction (A84-95)

The A-deduction : Section 2. The relation between the subjective and the objective deductions ; Section 2 of the A-deduction (A95-14)

The A-deduction : Section 3. The argument from above (A115-19) ; The argument from below (A119-30)

The Interlude. The deduction in the Prolegomena ; The note on the deduction in the preface to the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science ; Reflexionen 5923-35.

The B-deduction (1): §§15-20. §15 : On the possibility of a combination in general (B130-1) ; §16 : On the original synthetic unity of apperception (B131-6) ; §17 : The principle of the synthetic unity of apperception Is the supreme principle of all use of the understanding (B136-9) ; §18 : What objective unity of self-consciousness is (B139-40) ; §19 : The logical form of all judgments consists in the objective unity of the apperception of the concepts contained therein (B140-2) ; §20 : All sensible intuitions stand under the categories as conditions under which alone their manifold can come together in one consciousness (B143)

The B-Deduction (2) : §§21-7. §21 : The transition (B144-6) ; §§22-3 : The restriction thesis (B146-9) ; §24 (The first part) : The relation of the categories to the forms of sensible intuition through the transcendental synthesis of the imagination (B150-2) ; §24 (The second part) and §25 : inner sense and apperception (B152-9) ; §26 : Apprehension, perception, and experience (B159-65) ; §27 : A recapitulation (B165-9).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-872486-1

0-19-103785-0

0-19-179239-X

OCLC:

921242141