Kant on “Transcendental Illusion” & The Proper Function of Reason (B349ff.)
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...
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...
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...
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: In this section, Kant brings us a step closer to completing the picture of how our power of understanding actually works in relation to...
Understanding, Intentionality, and the Role of Concepts Contents: Our Power of Understanding Perhaps the most central feature of Kant’s discussion of our cognitive processes is...
Following upon the prior article on the a priori and the use Kant makes of it, let’s begin to examine what he does in the...
Contents: The Centrality of A Priori Reasoning Many outstanding introductory books have been written on Kant and, in many cases, the notion of an a...