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Kant's Theory of A Priori Knowledge

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Publisher
Penn State Press
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Leaves
289
Category
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The prevailing interpretation of Kant's First Critique in Anglo-American philosophy views his theory of a priori knowledge as basically a theory about the possibility of empirical knowledge (or experience), or the a priori conditions for that possibility (the representations of space and time and the categories). Instead, Robert Greenberg argues that Kant is more fundamentally concerned with the possibility of a priori knowledge the very possibility of the possibility of empirical knowledge in the first place. Greenberg advances four central theses:(1) the Critique is primarily concerned about the possibility, or relation to objects, of a priori, not empirical knowledge, and Kant's theory of that possibility is defensible; (2) Kant's transcendental ontology must be distinct from the conditions of the possibility of a priori knowledge; (3) the functions of judgment, in Kant's discussion of the Table of Judgements, should be seen according to his transcendental logic as having content, not as being just logical forms of judgment making; (4) Kant's distinction between and connection of ordering relations (Verhaltnisse) and reference relations (Beziehungen) have to be kept in mind to avoid misunderstanding the Critique. At every step of the way Greenberg contrasts his view with the major interpretations of Kant by commentators like Henry Allison, Jonathan Bennett, Paul Guyer, and Peter Strawson. Not only does this new approach to Kant present a strong challenge to these dominant interpretations, but by being more true to Kant's own intent it holds promise for making better sense out of what have been seen as the First Critique s discordant themes.

โœฆ Table of Contents


Cover
......Page 1
Back Cover
......Page 2
ISBN 0271020830......Page 4
Index......Page 282
Preface......Page 9
PART I: INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1. The Problem: The Possibility of A Priori Knowledge......Page 14
2. Kant's External Realism......Page 42
3. A Synopsis of the Solution to the Problem of A Priori Knowledge......Page 58
4. A Model of Kant's Theory of Representation......Page 68
PART II: TRANSCENDENTAL ONTOLOGY......Page 86
5. Interpretation of Text; Theory and View......Page 88
6. Monism or Dualism?......Page 100
7. The Necessity of Kant's Idealism......Page 114
8. Sensibility and the Understanding, Appearances and Things in Themselves......Page 136
PART III: TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC......Page 146
9. The Content of Kant's Logical Functions of Judgment......Page 148
10. Kant's Categories Reconsidered......Page 170
11. Three Issues in Step One of the BDeduction......Page 188
12. Judgment, Consciousness, and the Categories......Page 204
13. Perception and the Categories......Page 224
14. The Transcendental Character of the Second Analogy......Page 248
PART IV: REVIEW......Page 267
15. Transcendental Epistemology......Page 268


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