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It is necessary to reconsider P. M. S. Hacker’s assessment of Kant and Wittgenstein’s philosophical affinities and the question concerning Wittgenstein’s alleged use of “transcendental arguments”. First, Alfred Norman’s reading of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus as a thought experiment receives revision to develop a view of the Critique of Pure Reason as a large-scale thought experiment that shares important logical features ...

This article deals with one of the most elegant and non-standard versions of the modal onto-logical argument for God’s existence, which was proposed by the analytic philosopher Stephen Makin in 1988. He managed to avoid the famous criticism of Kant concerning the impossibility of acknowledging the predicate ‘to exist’ as real. Makin’s argument ...

... and politics. According to Kant’s philosophy of law, the model of an ideal society can be pictured as a mechanism. However, his philosophy of history and politics claims the opposite, inclining towards organicism. The methodological framework for argumentation analysis is V. Bryushinkin’s ‘cognitive approach’. The author identifies the historical and ideational sources of decision-making criteria, which Kant assigns to his opponents. The article summarises relevant findings reported by H....

There are two important facts that prevent the success of the so called "ontological argument": 1) the use of the concept of existence as a real predicate and 2) the confusion of de re and de dicto modalities. The article considers a way to overcome the former problem proposed by the Czech logician Pavel Tichý. 1. Ансельм ...

This article compares a cognitive approach to argumentation with message production. The author distinguishes between two kinds of cognitive approaches to argumentation. Certain similarities and differences between D. Hample’s and V. Bryushinkin’s concepts are analysed. The most influential conceptions ...

This article analyzes the notion of ontology in computer science and contemporary argumentation theories. It introduces the notion of ontology into the system model of argumentation (SMA) in view of the specific features of the latter. The author analyses the role of ontology in building an argumentation model within SMA. 1. Брюшинкин ...

... 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 the transcendental ...

... from Kant’s Formula of Universal Law”, Guus Duindam tries to answer this objection. More specifically, Duindam tries to show how both a duty of benevolence and a duty of self-perfection can be derived from the FUL. I critically examine Duindam’s arguments. I maintain that Duindam’s argument for the positive duty of benevolence is ambiguous and that this ambiguity exposes him to a fatal dilemma: on one horn, Duindam faces the same objection that he concedes to be effective against other attempts ...

The paper shows that the Kantian critique of cosmological argument does not take into account the existential presuppositions of Aristotelian syllogistic, so it is logically untenable. The basic idea of Kant is that the cosmological proof does not rely on the empirical premise (i.e. the existence of the world)....

This article offers a review and analysis of the discussion on the possibility of visual argumentation presented in English periodicals. The author focuses on the prospects of including this problem into the context of contemporary argumentation theory. 1. Брюшинкин В. Н. Аргументорика: исходная абстракция ...

... Leo Tolstoy, concerned the question of nonresistance to evil by force. The purpose of this article is to assess the influence of Kant’s ethics and philosophy of religion on the course of this debate and to determine the place and significance of the arguments and considerations expressed on this issue by Semyon Frank in the early and late periods (1908 and 1940s) of his work. To this end I reconstruct the general course of the debate, notably the positions and arguments of Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Solovyov,...

The appeal to death is a type of argument that either explicitly or implicitly invokes hu­man finitude. This rhetorical device contributes to the credibility of requests, wishes, etc., or blocks communication. The illocutionary power of the appeal to death is determined by the means ...

To reconstruct a critique of the ontological proof of the existence of God in Schelling’s philosophy I examine his interpretation of the ontological argument by Anselm of Canterbury and Descartes as well as Schelling’s assessment of the critique of the Kantian ontological proof of the existence of God. I propose a reconstruction of Schelling’s account of undoubted being which cannot be deduced ...

This study is dedicated to the ideas, expressed in manuscript R 3706, where Kant criticizes traditional refutation of ontological argument, which is based on distinction of “ideal” and “real” judgments. The relation of this criticism to Kant’s argumentation in “Nova dilucidatio” and the preceding polemic over ontological argument is analyzed. 1. Декарт Р....

This article considers manuscript fragment R 3706, in which Kant criticises the traditional objection to the ontological argument based on ideal-real judgement distinction. The author analyses the relation this criticism to Kant’s argumentation in Nova dilucidatio and the earlier polemic on the ontological argument. 1. Декарт Р. Размышления о первой ...

This article is dedicated to the ideas, expressed in manuscript R 3706, where Kant criticizes traditional refutation of ontological argument, which is based on distinction of “ideal” and “real” judgments. The relation of this criticism to Kant’s argumentation in “Nova dilucidatio” and the preceding polemic over ontological argument is analyzed. 1. Descartes R. Razmyshlenija ...

This article focuses on the key aspects of the rhetorical approach developed by Christopher Tindale and emphasizes its significance for modern theory of argumentation. The article examines the historical background of the rhetorical turn and its relation to informal logic and pragma-dialectics. The author argues that it is justified to consider different approaches to argumentation as complementary. ...

... recognizing a different set of such property rights; but what all formulations have in common is their radical anti-paternalism and, consequently, the permissibility of self-destructive behaviour. The paper then reconstructs and analyses two Kantian arguments for self-ownership. According to the first, persons have intrinsic value and should therefore never be used as mere means for someone else’s ends, which forbids ownership of other people. According to the second, persons must own their own ...

....1509/jmr.15.0346 . Sevilla, J. and Meyer, R. J., 2020. Leaving Something for the Imagination: The Ef­fect of Visual Concealment on Preferences. Journal of Marketing , 84 (4), pp. 1—18, http://doi.org/10.1177/0022242919899393 . Sobyanina, V. A., 2021. Argumentation as a persuasive means in advertising texts and its linguistic properties. Marketingovaya lingvistika v tsifrovuyu epokhu: sbornik nauchnykh statei [Marketing linguistics in the digital era: collected papers]. Moscow, pp. 16—21 (in Russ....

This article analyses linguistic means of expressing argumentation in judicial discourse as used in the prosecutor’s speech in F. M. Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. The author identifies logical and psychological types of argumentation characteristic of the 19th-century courtroom speeches. Such ...

... Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, S. 157-183. Peirce, Ch., 1995a. Unsterblichkeit im Licht des Synechismus. In: Ch. S. Peirce, 1995. Religionsphilosophische Schriften. Hg. von H. Deuser. Hamburg: Felix Meiner, S. 205-208. Peirce, Ch., 1995b. Ein vernachlässigtes Argument für die Realität Gottes. In: Ch. S. Peirce, 1995. Religionsphilosophische Schriften. Hg. von H. Deuser. Hamburg: Felix Meiner, S. 329-377. Peirce, Ch., 1998a. The Basis of Pragmaticism in the Normative Sciences. In: Peirce Edition Project, ...

... Heidegger’s work Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics which Heidegger was writing intermittently during the period from 1927 to 1964. It deals not only with the ideas of the Critique of Pure Reason but also with Kant’s pre-critical work, The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God (1763), in which Kant explicitly addressed the question of being for the first time. Heidegger focuses on the transcendental power of imagination not only as the “common root” of sensibility ...

... with the version of his “Refutation” published in 1787 (KrV, B 275-279). His dissatisfaction is already evident in the footnote added to the preface of the second edition of the Critique in 1787. As a matter of fact, Kant continued to rework his argument for at least six years after 1787. The main exegetical problem is to figure out who is the target of the “Refutation”: a non-sceptic idealist or a global sceptic of Cartesian provenance or both. In this last case, a related problem is to ...

... the second of which, “the standpoint of legality”, one can readily recognise the ethics of law of the Stoical and Kantian type. Fichte stresses that in his youth he himself shared this worldview. However, he hastens to adduce a series of original arguments to show that this position is essentially incapable of delivering a pure and higher moral doctrine. I examine the substance of these critical arguments in the context of his later metaphysics. Fichte maintains that in the “second type” of ...

... paragraph (KrV, A 663-664 / B 691-692) of the first part of the “Appendix to the Transcendental Dialectic”, Kant discusses the specific status of the principles of homogeneity, specification, and continuity. In doing so, he refers to an already proven argument and thus to other passages of the Critique of Pure Reason. In search of this argument the “Transcendental Analytic” but in particular the “first book” of the “Transcendental Dialectic” turn out to be possible reference points. Although ...

This offers an introduction to the analysis of Kant’s refutation of the ontological argument in his dissertation A New Elucidation of the First Principles of Metaphysical Cognition (Nova dilucidatio). The author explains the importance of the pre-critical argument analysis for the understanding of argumentation presented in the Critique ...

This article considers Kant’s objection to the ontological argument in his early work “A New Elucidation of the First Principles of Metaphysical Cognition”. The alternative interpretations of Kant’s argumentation offered by T. Pinder and J. Schmucker are discussed. The author comes to the conclusion that ...

This article revisits the ratio-centric system developed by the prominent exponent of the German enlightenment J. Chr. Gottsched (1700—1766). The authors examine the problem of the ontological argument in the context of the current civilizational crisis of consciousness, which arose against the background of the 20th century crisis of objectivist methodology of modern natural sciences. Such a methodology is incapable of solving the problem ...

This article is devoted to the means of presenting argumentation in literature focusing on judicial matters. In such texts, theses and relevant arguments are often in an implicit form, which emphasises the particularities of the functioning of judicial reasoning. In addition, the argumentative function,...

The article deals with the ideological foundations of English monolingualism in the U. S. A. The author analyses the arguments used by supporters and opponents of this ideology. The author also describes the history of monolingualism, as well as its function and sources. 1. Хантингтон С. Кто мы? Вызовы американской национальной ...

This article identifies the role of ontology in the system model of argumentation (SMA). Since the term ‘ontology’ is rarely used in argumentation studies and the context of its usage is rather unconventional, there is a need to define the notion of ontology within SMA. The method for studying argumentation in SMA ...

... regarding the genesis of literary characters within scholarly discourse. Biographical details, religious beliefs, and social connections of historical figures are compared with the characteristics of Melnikov’s character. Particular attention is given to arguments supporting or refuting each hypothesis. It is established that, despite a significant similarity between Chapurin and P. E. Bugrov (trade in salt and bread, contracts for paving streets, loyalty to the official church while maintaining Old Believer ...

....1109/MIS.2006.80 . Nagl, L., 2022. Digital Technology: Reflections on the Difference between Instrumental Rationality and Practical Reason. Kantian Journal, 41(1), pp. 60-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5922/0207-6918-2022-1-3 . Schönecker, D., 2022. Kant’s Argument from Moral Feelings: Why Practical Reason Cannot Be Artificial. In: H. Kim and D. Schönecker, ed. 2022. Kant and Artificial Intelligence. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 169-189. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110706611-006 . Schmidt, E. E., ...

... problems in contemporary philosophy of mind is the dualism of first-person and third-person perspectives — the question of whether conscious experience is public and epistemically accessible or private and qualitative. Recognising the relevance of the arguments of both sides, naturalists and anti-naturalists, I attempt to resolve this dichotomy using Bruno Latour’s methodology on the theories of Immanuel Kant and Moritz Schlick. To do so, I propose not to reduce the theory of consciousness to one ...

... exclusiveness thesis” and the intuitions of the representatives of deep ecology and the opponents of anthropocentrism as such. Attfield, R., 1983. The Ethics of Environmental Concern. New York: Columbia University Press. Barker, M., 2018. The Argumentative Significance of Relative Purposiveness. International Philosophical Quarterly, 58(2), pp. 139-155. Breitenbach, A., 2009. Die Analogie von Vernunft und Natur: Eine Umweltphilosophie nach Kant. Berlin & New York: De Gruyter. Breitenbach, ...

....1515/9783110252897.155 . Foucault, M., 2001. Fearless Speech. Edited by J. Pearson. Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext. Iamblichus, 1989. On the Pythagorean Life. Translated by G. Clark. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Jacobs, S., 2003. Two Conceptions of Openness in Argumentation Theory. In: F. H. Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C. A. Willard and A. F. S. Henkemans, ed. 2003. Anyone Who Has a View. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1078-8_12 . Kant, I., 1996. An Answer to the Question: What ...

... and students’ lecture notes from the same period are considered. Furthermore, I will compare the treatment of the subject in these sources and in the textbooks used by Kant in his courses. In the conclusions, the link between this issue and Kantian arguments in defending freedom of thought and expression is also suggested. In order to do so, I first explain the notion of holding to be true and its difference from the notion of being true. Secondly, I examine what it means to be convinced and what ...

... Kantian Perspective. Kantian Journal, 42(2), pp. 68-94. http://dx.doi:10.5922/0207-6918-2023-2-4 . Deligiorgi, K., 2005. Kant and the Culture of Enlightenment. Albany: State University of New York Press. Ellis, E., 2008. Provisional Politics. Kantian Arguments in Policy Context. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. Garve, C., 1788. Abhandlung über die Verbindung der Moral mit der Politik, oder einige Betrachtungen über die Frage, in wiefern es möglich sey, die Moral des Privatlebens bey der ...

... instance of rhetorical de re is a ploy or act of manipulation should be answered depending not on whether the statement is clearly false for the speaker but on whether it is clearly unacceptable for the speaker. In case the speaker herself considers the argument made by means of the statement acceptable, there is no reason to de­nounce such a communicative act as a ploy or manipulation irrespective of which model-theoretic truth-value the statement has. There are therefore reasons to incorporate rhetorical ...

... Holbein’s and Dostoevsky’s works. Particular attention is paid to the issue of kenosis, corruption and destruction, the significance of biblical allusions for understanding the meaning of the picture in the novel "The Idiot". The central argument of the article is that Holbein's painting actualizes the biblical context, carrying a provocative meaning that the crucified Christ himself had in the eyes of the world: "for the Jews a stumbling block and for the Greeks foolishness" ...

... 1997. The Color of Reason: The Idea of ‘Race’ in Kant’s Anthropology. In: E.C. Eze, ed. 1997. Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 103-140. Fisette, J. R., 2022. At the Bar of Conscience: A Kantian Argument for Slavery Reparations. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 48(5), pp. 674-702. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537211001916 . Fogelin, R. J. and Duggan, T. J., 1987. Fallacies. Argumentation, 1(3), pp. 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00136777 ...

... Cohen’s Philosophy of Religion and Eastern Jewish Identity. Personality. Culture. Society, 21(3-4) (103-104), pp. 43-48. https://doi.org/10.30936/1606-951X-2019-21-3/4-43-48 . (In Rus.) Belov, V. N., 2020. Cohen and Natorp’s Philosophy of Religion: the Argument About the Boundary of Reason. Kantian Journal, 39(3), pp. 54-71. https://doi.org/10.5922/0207-6918-2020-3-3 . (In Rus.) Belov, V., 2021a. Cohen in Russland: einige allgemeine Bemerkungen. In: L. Bertolino, ed. 2021. “Facciamo l’uomo”: ...

... nauchnyh trudov: k 70-letiyu akademika A. A. Guseynova [Philosophy and Ethics: Collection of Scientific Works: To the 70th Anniversary of A. A. Guseynov]. Moscow: Alfa-M, pp. 171-183. (In Rus). Gillroy , J. M., 1998. Kantian Ethics and Environmental Policy Argument: Autonomy, Ecosystem Integrity, and Our Duties to Nature. Ethics and the Environment, 3(2), pp. 131-155. Ginsborg, H., 2006. Kant’s Biological Teleology and Its Philosophical Significance. In: G. Bird, ed. 2006. A Companion to Kant. Malden,...

... Zimmermann, S., 2011. Kants „Kategorien der Freiheit“. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter. Zimmermann, S., 2015. Wovon handelt Kants ‚Typik der reinen praktischen Urteilskraft‘? Kant-Studien, 106, pp. 430-460. Zimmermann, S., 2016a. Kant on ‘Moral Arguments’: What Does the Objectivity of a Postulate of Pure Practical Reason Consist in? In: T. Höwing, ed. 2016. The Highest Good in Kant’s Philosophy. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 131-155. Zimmermann, S., 2016b. Kants metaphysische Deduktion ...

... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 85-106. Kant, I., 1992b. The Jäsche Logic. In: I. Kant, 1992. Lectures on Logic. Translated and edited by J. M. Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 521-630. Kant, I., 1992c. The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God. In: I. Kant, 1992. Theoretical Philosophy, 1755-1770. Translated by D. Walford. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 107-202. Kant, I., 1998. Critique of Pure Reason. Translated and ...

... Society’ in Königsberg and its founder Flottwell, a friend of Gottsched’s, are described. The influence of the Roman Stoa then becomes much clearer through the influence of Gottsched’s rhetoric textbook. All in all, Kant attempts to present rational arguments for dealing with death, which can suddenly strike human life; he writes under the obvious influence of a Stoic mindset (see the second part). Most of the comments by Kant scholars on the little work to date have been negative or vague. Here,...