Varieties of Reflection in Kant's Logic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8078205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michele Merritt (0000-0001-7526-2548, corresponding author), Melissa McBay Merritt |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 478-501 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal for the History of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0960-8788 • E-ISSN: 1469-3526 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09608788.2015.1018129 |
| OpenAlex | W2034751566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
For Kant, ‘reflection’ (Überlegung, Reflexion) is a technical term with a range of senses. I focus here on the senses of reflection that come to light in Kant's account of logic, and then bring the results to bear on the distinction between ‘logical’ and ‘transcendental’ reflection that surfaces in the Amphiboly chapter of the Critique of Pure Reason. Although recent commentary has followed similar cues, I suggest that it labours under a blind spot, as it neglects Kant's distinction between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ general logic. The foundational text of existing interpretations is a passage in Logik Jäsche that appears to attribute to Kant the view that reflection is a mental operation involved in the generation of concepts from non-conceptual materials. I argue against the received view by attending to Kant's division between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ general logic, identifying senses of reflection proper to each, and showing that none accords well with the received view. Finally, to take account of Kant's notion of transcendental reflection I show that we need to be attentive to the concerns of applied logic and how they inform the domain-relative transcendental logic that Kant presents in the first Critique
Critical philosophy · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Physics · Reflection (computer programming · Transcendental number · Transcendental philosophy · Computer Science · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · War, Ethics, and Justification · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |