The Transcendental Deduction of Categories as Philosophical Proof
My aim is to reconstruct the basic steps and the fundamental idea of Kant’s transcendental deduction of categories as well as Hegel’s interpretation and reframing of Kant’s idea. Hegel’s reading is crucial for two reasons: first, for fixing the basic form of the Kantian argument and secondly, for understanding its metaphilosophical relevance. For Hegel, philosophical proof has a specific nature, which distinguishes it from scientific proof and brings it closer to a juridical one. In this perspective...
Kant and Analysis
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Lewin, M., 2023. Metaphilosophie als einheitliche Disziplin. Berlin: Springer & Metzler.
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McAndrew, M., 2022. Kant’s Theory of Concept Formation and his Theory of Definitions. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie.
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Introduction to ‘Kant and Metaphilosophy’
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Lewin, M., 2023. Metaphilosophie als einheitliche Disziplin. Berlin: Springer & Metzler.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66704-0
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Transcendental Philosophy as a Scientific Research Programme
Transcendental philosophy was not born like Athena out of Zeus’s head, mature and in full armour from the very beginning. That is why in both prefaces to the Critique of Pure Reason (1781 and 1787) Kant introduces the concept of transcendental philosophy as an “idea.” The idea understood architectonically develops slowly and only gradually acquires a definite form. As witnessed by the works of Kant himself and of his predecessors and followers, the idea of transcendental philosophy has undergone...
