Book contents
- Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics
- Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Citations of Kant’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Metaphysics as a Science and the Role of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Part II The Method of Transcendental Philosophy
- Part III The Method of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Chapter 5 The Negative Side of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Chapter 6 Transcendental Philosophy and the Critique of Pure Reason in the B-Deduction
- Chapter 7 The Positive Side of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Part IV Kant on Dogmatism and Scepticism
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 5 - The Negative Side of the Critique of Pure Reason
from Part III - The Method of the Critique of Pure Reason
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2023
- Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics
- Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Citations of Kant’s Works
- Introduction
- Part I Metaphysics as a Science and the Role of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Part II The Method of Transcendental Philosophy
- Part III The Method of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Chapter 5 The Negative Side of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Chapter 6 Transcendental Philosophy and the Critique of Pure Reason in the B-Deduction
- Chapter 7 The Positive Side of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Part IV Kant on Dogmatism and Scepticism
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Part III is dedicated to the critique of pure reason, namely, the discipline contained in the Critique that is charged with accomplishing its task as the doctrine of method of metaphysics. I argue that the critique of pure reason has a positive and a negative task. Chapter 5 is dedicated to its negative task. The critique must show that metaphysics is capable of systematic coherence. I take a body of cognitions to be systematically coherent when: (a) the cognitions belonging to it are interconnected in a way that involves relations of either logical implication, explanatory support or both, and (b) it does not contain contradictions. Kant establishes that metaphysics is able of systematic coherence by setting limits to cognitions. I argue that Kant sets these limits by limiting the validity of the root concepts for the cognition of objects analysed by transcendental philosophy. I consider how and where these limits are established. I claim, first, that Kant does not follow a univocal strategy in establishing these limits and, second, that he presents arguments for establishing these limits in the Aesthetic, Analytic, and Dialectic. I focus on the arguments in the Aesthetic and the Dialectic in particular.
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- Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics , pp. 174 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023