Urteil und Anschauung: Kants metaphysische Deduktion der Kategorien

Till Hoeppner

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Urteil und Anschauung

Kants metaphysische Deduktion der Kategorien

Judgement and Intuition: Kant’s Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories

Till Hoeppner

Volume 143 in the series Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110557374

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This book develops a textually grounded reconstruction of Kant’s argument in the Metaphysical Deduction. The argument proceeds in three steps, developing, first, a concept of judgment on which to base the table of logical functions, next a concept of synthesis of intuition that explains the content of the categories, and finally a concept of the understanding on which the categories belong a priori to the same faculty through which we judge.

The investigation presented here is an argumentative reconstruction of Kant’s text. The text in question is the "Guiding Thread to the Discovery of all Pure Concepts of the Understanding" in both the 1781 (A) and 1787 (B) editions of the　Critique of Pure Reason (A64-83/B89-113). To illuminate Kant’s reflections in this chapter, the reconstruction also draws on passages from elsewhere in the Critique, from Kant’s writings after the Critique, as well as notes from his　Nachlass and student transcriptions of lectures he held subsequent to writing the Critique. Four passages, in particular, are of central importance: (i) the retrospective description of the task of the Metaphysical Deduction at B159, (ii) the retrospective description of the procedure of the "Guiding Thread" at A299/B355f., (iii) the section "On the A Priori Grounds for the Possibility of Experience" in the A-edition Transcendental Deduction of the Categories (A95-110), and (iv) §§15-21 in the B-edition Transcendental Deduction (B128-148).

The present interpretation of the Metaphysical Deduction thus emerges from a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the "Guiding Thread" that draws on related passages from the indicated portion of Kant’s corpus and, especially, on the aforementioned four passages from the Critique. Viewing these texts together and in a specific relation to one another suggests a reading which leaves little room for doubt. This sort of textually sensitive but charitable reconstruction helps to bring out the enduring force and interest of Kant’s philosophical position.

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Till Hoeppner, Universität Potsdam.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Vorwort Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Inhaltsverzeichnis Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Siglen Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Abbildungsverzeichnis Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
1 Die Aufgabe, der Aufbau und die Methode der Metaphysischen Deduktion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Der erste Schritt: Der logische Begriff des Verstandes, die Einheit des Urteils und die Funktionen des Denkens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
3 Der zweite Schritt: Der transzendentale Begriff des Verstandes, die Einheit der Anschauung und die Inhalte der Kategorien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
4 Der dritte Schritt: Der höhere Begriff des Verstandes, die Identität der Funktion und der apriorische Ursprung der Kategorien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	336
Anhang. Der rekonstruierte Text: Die argumentativen Abschnitte des „Leitfadens“ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
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(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Wissenschaftler/innen, Institute, Bibliotheken
Pages
- Front matter: 17
- Main content: 410
Illustrations
- Tables: 11
Keywords: Philosophy of mind; Immanuel Kant; logic

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Published: July 19, 2021
ISBN: 9783110557374

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Published: July 19, 2021
ISBN: 9783110556278