The Coherence of Kant's Transcendental Idealism

ISBN-13: 9789048166862 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 296 str.

Yaron M. Senderowicz

Opis

1. Introduction Kant considered the doctrine of transcendental idealism an indisp- sable part of the theory of knowledge presented in the Critique of Pure Reason. My aim in this book is to present a new defense of the coh- ence and plausibility of Kant s transcendental idealism and its indisp- sability for his theory of knowledge. I will show that the main argument of the Transcendental Aesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic is - fensible independently of some of Kant s claims which are said to threaten its coherence. I have undertaken an inquiry into the coherence of Kant s transc- dental idealism for the following reasons. A defense of the coherence of transcendental idealism is required by the existing state of Kantian scholarship. The claim that Kant s transcendental idealism is incoh- ent has appeared in various forms over the last two centuries. The most powerful and elaborate criticism of Kant s transcendental idealism is found in Part Four of Strawson s The Bounds of Sense. Several comm- tators have tried to reestablish its coherence. Although Allison and other commentators have contributed ideas that are valuable for an 1 account of the coherence of Kant s transcendental idealism, their - guments fall short as a response to the standard objection. Indeed, the claim that Kant s transcendental idealism is incoherent continues to be the view held by most thinkers. I have limited my goal in this book to establishing the coherence of Kant s transcendental idealism due to two related reasons."

Spis treści

Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. Part I: A Priori Knowledge. 2. Kant’s Concept of the A Priori. 3. Skepticism and A Priori Knowledge. 4. The Skeptical Problem. Part II: Transcendental Idealism. 5. The Transcendental Ideality of Space and Time: The Problem. 6. The Singularity and Immediacy of Intuitions. 7. The Immediacy of Space and Time. 8. The Non-Spatiotemporality of Things in Themselves. 9. Appearances, The Transcendental Object and the Noumenon. Part III: Transcendental Synthesis. 10. The Concept of Transcendental Synthesis. 11. The Transcendental Deduction and Transcendental Synthesis. 12. The Inherent Ambiguity of 'I think'. 13. Self-Consciousness and Transcendental Synthesis. 14. The Analogies of Experience. 15. The Refutation of Idealism. 16. Conclusion. References. Index.