Revisiting the Proof-Structure of Kant’s Transcendental Deduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20510907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyoung Sung Kim (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-103 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kantian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1369415422000449 |
| OpenAlex | W4309269396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
There is no consensus concerning how to understand the ‘two-step proof structure’ (§§15–20, 21–7) of the Transcendental Deduction in the B-edition of the Critique of Pure Reason . This disagreement invites a closer examination of what Kant might have meant by a ‘transcendental deduction’. I argue that the transcendental deduction consists of three tasks that parallel Kant’s broader project of a ‘critique’ of pure reason; first, an origin task to justify reason’s authority to use them; second, an analytical task that determines the conditions under which this authority can be legitimately exercised; and third, a dialectical task to determine the conditions under which this authority cannot be legitimately exercised. So long as we continue to read the B-Deduction solely in terms of its two-step proof structure, we overlook how Kant’s notion of ‘critique’ constitutes the real grounds for his argumentative strategy there
Argumentative · Dialectic · Epistemology · Transcendental number · Transcendental philosophy · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification
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