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- 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
- Chapter 3 Metaphysical Deductions
- Chapter 4 Transcendental Deductions
- Part III The Method of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Part IV Kant on Dogmatism and Scepticism
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 3 - Metaphysical Deductions
from Part II - The Method of Transcendental Philosophy
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
- Chapter 3 Metaphysical Deductions
- Chapter 4 Transcendental Deductions
- Part III The Method of the Critique of Pure Reason
- Part IV Kant on Dogmatism and Scepticism
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, I reconstruct the metaphysical deductions that, in my account, Kant presents in the Aesthetic, Analytic and Dialectic, respectively. I read metaphysical deductions as accomplishing the first task of transcendental philosophy as it is established in the Critique of Pure Reason, namely the task of cataloguing pure root concepts (Stammbegriffe) for the cognition of objects and to track their origin. I argue that the metaphysical deductions do not simply assume a distinction between different faculties. Rather, they contribute to establishing this distinction by identifying the origin of the root concepts they clarify and catalogue. Moreover, I show that Kant does not follow a univocal model in the different deductions. Rather, his approach is pluralistic.
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- Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics , pp. 75 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023