Space (Transcendental Aesthetic, B37-B46)
In theTranscendental Aesthetic Kant develops a thesis that might be stated as follows: Despite its foundational importance, this thesis might appear unilluminating, given that Descartes,...
In theTranscendental Aesthetic Kant develops a thesis that might be stated as follows: Despite its foundational importance, this thesis might appear unilluminating, given that Descartes,...
Kant’s saying that “though all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it all arises out of experience,” which appears in the...
Kant’s chapter, “On the Ideal of Pure Reason,” best known for his critique of the ontological argument, has a greater, more expansive importance for the...
Kant’s treatment of transcendental illusion appears in the opening section of the Transcendental Dialectic (B349ff.). In it, he addresses the way in which reason, when...
Contents: Introduction In the section of the Critique on Phenomena and Noumena, Kant sets himself the goal not only of refining our sense of what...
Concluding thoughts on the Postulates of Empirical Thought Kant’s “General Note” at the end of the “Postulates of Empirical Thought” represents his attempt to show...
Of the many, weighty sections of the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant’s “Refutation of Idealism” has long attracted the special attention of its interpreters. The...
An experience many readers have doubtless had going through the pages of the Critique of Pure Reason is that Kant often later clarifies ideas he...
Introduction Perhaps the single most important thing to understand about Kant’s discussion of causality is what it does and does not attempt to prove. Kant...
Contents: Location of the Analogies of Experience in the Critique and Orientation It is a good idea once in a while to check in with...