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Some Issues On Kant’s Transcendental Deduction Of Categories

Posted on:2013-03-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H G TangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374969462Subject:Foreign philosophy
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According to the traditional form of logic to the classification of judgment, Kant deduced the "the pure Conceptions of the Understanding" which is "categories" Category is congenital representation, while "Deduction" is to certify the legitimacy of the objective validity of such representations. Although intuition is a priori representation, Transcendental Deduction of Categories is different from a transcendental exposition for the time and space, as the former has its particularity and difficulty." Transcendental Deduction of Categories" being called a "transcendental deduction" means "the representation makes objects possible", which also shows that Kant’s theory of knowledge new direction.Transcendental Deduction for Categories has to explain a priori foundation first, then prove the objective validity of Categories. So "transcendental deduction of Categories" is divided into "subjective deduction" and "objective deduction". Subjective deduction focused on "subjective aspect", analyzing the ability of understanding, from the intuition of synthesis of apprehension "has been traced back to the" transcendental apperception "; The objective deduction focused on the "object aspect ", explaining the Analytical Unity of "I think" from the Synthetically Unity of the object, in order to produce relevant experience on the object the possibility of knowledge from " transcendental apperception ".It is Kant’s transcendental deduction which makes transcendental arguments as a common philosophy method and maturely land in the later philosopher, just for argument form, transcendental arguments has such a logical structure:Only if p, then q; q is true, so P is also true. Whether a priori philosophers or a analytic philosophers has its transcendental argument, The charm of transcendental argument is evident."The first deduction" focus on the analysis of subjective deduction which lay particular stress on the consciousness of the people to demonstrate the effectiveness of the category, which are the specific characteristics of the philosophy of consciousness;"The second deduction" has demonstrated qualities, It concerns not internal structure of human cognitive itself, but concept of the understanding and the relationship between the objects, which are often praised highly by the analysis philosophers.
Keywords/Search Tags:categories, transcendental deduction, subjective deduction, objective deduction, transcendental argument
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