Houston Smit
Biographic Data
| ID | 955778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Houston Smit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Houston |
| FAMILY NAME | Smit |
| SIGNATURE | SMIT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Apriority, Reason, and Induction in Hume
I argue that Hume employs a notion of the a priori that, though unfamiliar today, was standard in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. On this notion of the a priori , to know something a priori is to know it from the grounds that make it true—that is, from grounds that do not merely establish that it is true, but explain why it is true. I am particularly concerned to show that Hume uses this notion of the a priori in discussing the nature o…
Aquinas’s Abstractionism
According to St. Thomas, the natures of material things are the proper objects of human understanding.Thomas claims only that the natures of things are the proper objects of the intellect, not that they are its only objects: he does not deny that we have intellective cognition also of the contingent states and situations of particular material things. And he holds that, at least in this life, humans cognize these natures, not through innate speci…
Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition
The distinction between concept and intuition is of the utmost importance for understanding Kant's critical philosophy. For, as Kant himself claimed, all the distinctive claims of this philosophy rest on, and develop out of, a detailed account of the way all our' cognition of things requires both intuitions and concepts.2 Unfortunately, interpreting Kant's distinction between concepts and intuitions remains a vexed matter. The locus classicus for…
Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition
Research Article| April 01 2000 Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition Houston Smit Houston Smit Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (2): 235–266. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-2-235 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Houston Smit; Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition. The Philosophical Review 1 April 2000…
The Role of Reflection in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
There are two prevailing interpretations of the status which Kant accorded his claims in the Critique of Pure Reason: 1) he is analyzing our concepts of cognition and experience; 2) he is making empirical claims about our cognitive faculties. I argue for a third alternative: on Kant’s account, all cognition consists in a reflective consciousness of our cognitive faculties, and in critique we analyze the content of this consciousness. Since Straws…
Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition
Research Article| April 01 2000 Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition Houston Smit Houston Smit Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (2): 235–266. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-2-235 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Houston Smit; Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition. The Philosophical Review 1 April 2000…
The Role of Reflection in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
There are two prevailing interpretations of the status which Kant accorded his claims in the Critique of Pure Reason: 1) he is analyzing our concepts of cognition and experience; 2) he is making empirical claims about our cognitive faculties. I argue for a third alternative: on Kant’s account, all cognition consists in a reflective consciousness of our cognitive faculties, and in critique we analyze the content of this consciousness. Since Straws…
Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition
The distinction between concept and intuition is of the utmost importance for understanding Kant's critical philosophy. For, as Kant himself claimed, all the distinctive claims of this philosophy rest on, and develop out of, a detailed account of the way all our' cognition of things requires both intuitions and concepts.2 Unfortunately, interpreting Kant's distinction between concepts and intuitions remains a vexed matter. The locus classicus for…
Apriority, Reason, and Induction in Hume
I argue that Hume employs a notion of the a priori that, though unfamiliar today, was standard in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. On this notion of the a priori , to know something a priori is to know it from the grounds that make it true—that is, from grounds that do not merely establish that it is true, but explain why it is true. I am particularly concerned to show that Hume uses this notion of the a priori in discussing the nature o…
The Role of Reflection in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
There are two prevailing interpretations of the status which Kant accorded his claims in the Critique of Pure Reason: 1) he is analyzing our concepts of cognition and experience; 2) he is making empirical claims about our cognitive faculties. I argue for a third alternative: on Kant’s account, all cognition consists in a reflective consciousness of our cognitive faculties, and in critique we analyze the content of this consciousness. Since Straws…
Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition
The distinction between concept and intuition is of the utmost importance for understanding Kant's critical philosophy. For, as Kant himself claimed, all the distinctive claims of this philosophy rest on, and develop out of, a detailed account of the way all our' cognition of things requires both intuitions and concepts.2 Unfortunately, interpreting Kant's distinction between concepts and intuitions remains a vexed matter. The locus classicus for…
Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition
Research Article| April 01 2000 Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition Houston Smit Houston Smit Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2000) 109 (2): 235–266. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-109-2-235 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Houston Smit; Kant on Marks and the Immediacy of Intuition. The Philosophical Review 1 April 2000…
Aquinas’s Abstractionism
According to St. Thomas, the natures of material things are the proper objects of human understanding.Thomas claims only that the natures of things are the proper objects of the intellect, not that they are its only objects: he does not deny that we have intellective cognition also of the contingent states and situations of particular material things. And he holds that, at least in this life, humans cognize these natures, not through innate speci…
Apriority, Reason, and Induction in Hume
I argue that Hume employs a notion of the a priori that, though unfamiliar today, was standard in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. On this notion of the a priori , to know something a priori is to know it from the grounds that make it true—that is, from grounds that do not merely establish that it is true, but explain why it is true. I am particularly concerned to show that Hume uses this notion of the a priori in discussing the nature o…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Immediacy (2 works) · Intuition (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)