Handedness, Idealism, and Freedom

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10692721
AutoresDesmond Hogan (Princeton University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen130
Número3
Páginas385-449
Fecha de publicación2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Philosophical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00318108-8998838
OpenAlexW3209694785
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas22

Incongruent counterparts are pairs of objects which cannot be enclosed in the same spatial limits despite an exact similarity in magnitude, proportion, and relative position of their parts. Kant discerns in such objects, whose most familiar example is left and right hands, a “paradox” demanding “demotion of space and time to mere forms of our sensory intuition.” This paper aims at an adequate understanding of Kant’s enigmatic idealist argument from handed objects, as well as an understanding of its relation to the other key supports of his idealism. The paper’s central finding is that Kant’s idealist argument from incongruent counterparts rests essentially on his theory of freedom. The surprising result sheds new light on deep and overlooked links among the pillars of transcendental idealism, pointing the way to a comprehensive and unified reading of Kant’s system of idealist arguments

Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Idealism · Intuition · Relation (database) · Transcendental idealism · Transcendental number · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History