Kant’s transcendental deduction : an analytical-historical commentary PDF
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’ Kant s Transcendental Deduction ’ Kant s Transcendental Deduction An Analytical-Historical Commentary Henry E. Allison 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #HenryE.Allison2015 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2015 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2014958033 ISBN: 978–0–19–872485–8(Hbk.) ISBN: 978–0–19–872486–5(Pbk.) Printedandboundby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. Dedicated to the memory of H. J. Paton, whose writings taught me how to read the Transcendental Deduction Acknowledgments IwishtoexpressmygratitudetoKarlAmeriks,AlisonLaywine,andtwoanonymous readersforOxfordUniversityPressfortheirmanyhelpfulcommentsandcriticisms of central portions of this work. Thanks are also due to Wolfgang Carl, Huaping Lu-Adler,OliverSensen,andChristianWenzelfortheircommentsonspecificchap- ters, to Jay Reuscher for making available to me the typescript of his translation, togetherwithadigestandtopicalindextotheDuisburgNachlass,toPeterMomtchiloff for his continued support of my work, and to Janum Sethi for undertaking the laborioustaskofpreparingtheindex. Finally,IwishtothankCambridgeUniversityPressandtheeditorsandtranslators for permission to quote from the following works in the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason, edited and translated by Paul GuyerandAllenWood;TheoreticalPhilosophy1755–1770,editedandtranslatedby David Walford in collaboration with Ralf Meerbote; Theoretical Philosophy after 1781,editedandtranslatedbyHenryAllisonandPeterHeath,translatedbyMichael Friedman and Gary Hatfield; and Notes and Fragments, edited by Paul Guyer and translatedbyCurtisBowman,PaulGuyer,andFrederickRauscher. Contents NoteonSourcesandKeytoAbbreviationsandTranslations xi Introduction 1 1. Kant’sAnalyticMetaphysicsandModelofCognitioninthe1760s 11 I. TheWritingsof1762–1764:ThePrizeEssay,NegativeMagnitudes, andtheBeweisgrund 11 II. AnnouncementoftheMetaphysicsLecturesofWinter1764–1765and DreamsofaSpirit-Seer(1766) 31 2. Kant’sInauguralDissertationandItsContext 43 I. TheDifferentiationofDirectionsinSpace(1768)andthe“GreatLight” of1769 43 II. TheInauguralDissertation(1770) 49 3. The“SilentDecade” 85 I. Kant’sLettertoHerzofFebruary21,1772andItsContext 86 II. TheDuisburgNachlass 108 III. B12andRelatedTexts 131 AppendixtoChapter3:KantandTetens 143 I. Kant’sReactiontoTetens’Work 143 II. AComparisonofTheirTreatmentsofSomeCommonThemes 147 III. TheNatureandExtentofTetens’DirectInfluenceonKant 153 4. SettingtheStage 164 I. TheCluetotheDiscoveryofAllPureConceptsoftheUnderstanding 166 II. TheIntroductorySectionoftheTranscendentalDeduction(A84–95) 180 5. TheA-Deduction:Section2 197 I. TheRelationbetweentheSubjectiveandtheObjectiveDeductions 197 II. Section2oftheA-Deduction(A95–114) 204 6. TheA-Deduction:Section3 243 I. TheArgumentfromabove(A115–19) 243 II. TheArgumentfrombelow(A119–30) 253 7. TheInterlude 287 I. TheDeductionintheProlegomena 287 II. TheNoteontheDeductioninthePrefacetotheMetaphysicalFoundations ofNaturalScience 306 III. Reflexionen5923–35 315
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