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Analytic Cognition in Kant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2024

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Abstract

Kant refers to analytic cognition in several prominent places. The prevailing wisdom, however, denies the possibility of analytic cognition within his theory of cognition. I shall argue that this is mistaken. I show that we can account for analytic cognition’s possibility by appealing to variants of the more familiar conditions on the cognition of objects. I also highlight analytic cognition’s connection to insight and analytic knowledge. In the process, I provide a fuller account of Kant’s view of our mental lives than has been typically acknowledged.

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analyticityanalytic cognitionanalytic knowledgecognitiona prioriinsight
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Kantian Review , First View , pp. 1 - 21
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