Kant's Transcendental Proof of Realism

ISBN-13: 9780521833738 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 310 str.

Kenneth R. Westphal; Kenneth Westphal

Opis

The first detailed study of Kant's method of 'transcendental reflection' and its use in the Critique of Pure Reason.

Recenzje

'… stimulating book. This is a book as rich as it is bold. I will certainly return to Kant's Transcendental Proof of Realism, and I recommend it wholeheartedly.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Kant's methods: transcendental and epistemic reflection; 2. The metaphysics of Kant's transcendental idealism; 3. Transcendental affinity; 4. The gap in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason; 5. Kant's dynamic misconstructions; 6. Kant's metaphysical proof of the law of inertia; 7. Three Kantian insights; Appendix. Summary of Kant's Transcendental Proof of the Legitimacy of Causal Judgments.