Michelle Grier (University of San Diego)

Kant's Doctrine of Transcendental Illusion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This major study of Kant provides a detailed examination of the doctrine of transcendental illusion in his theoretical philosophy. The author argues that we cannot understand Kant unless we take seriously his claim that the mind inevitably acts in accordance with ideas and principles that are 'illusory'.

Produktdetails

• Modern European Philosophy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780521039727
• ISBN-10: 052103972X
• Artikelnr.: 22951066

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note on references and translations
Introduction
Part I. Kant's Discovery of Metaphysical Illusion: 1. Metaphysical error in the pre-critical works
2. The Inaugural Dissertation
Part II. Fallacies and Illusions in the Critique of Pure Reason: 3. The transcendental employment of the understanding and the conflation of appearances and things in themselves
4. Transcendental illusion
Part III. The Dialectical Influences of Pure Reason: 5. Rational psychology and the pseudo-rational idea of the soul
6. Rational cosmology and the pseudo-empirical idea of the world
7. Rational theology and the pseudo-rational idea of God
Part IV. Illusion and Systematicity: 8. The regulative employment of reason
Conclusion
Selected bibliography
Index.