Space, Time, and Thought in Kant
- PDF / 53,870,047 Bytes
- 568 Pages / 439 x 666 pts Page_size
- 87 Downloads / 268 Views
SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPIS1EMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Managing Editor: JAAKKO HlNTIKKA, Florida State University. Tallahassee Editors: DONALD DAVIDSON, University of California. Berkeley GABRIEL NUCHELMANS, University of Leyden WESLEY C. SALMON, University of Pittsburgh
VOLUME 204
ARTHUR MELNICK Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SPACE, TIME, AND THOUGHT IN KANT
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Melnick, Arthur. Space, time, and thought In Kant / by Arthur Melnick. p. cm. -- (Synthese library; 204) Includes bibliographical references and index. I, Kant. Immanuel. 1724-1804--Views on space and time. 2. Kant. Immanuel. 1724-1804--Views on thought and thinking. 3. Space and tlme--History--18th century. 4. Thought and thinking--History--18th century. 5. Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der relnen Vernunft. I. Title. II. Series, Synthase library; v. 204. B2799.S7M45 1989 193--dc19 88-35702
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-7532-9 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-2299-0
e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-2299-0
Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 17,3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publishers incorporates the publishing programmes of D. Reidel, Martinus Nijhoff, Dr W. Junk and MTP Press. Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, !OI Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, U.S.A. In all other countries, sold and distributed by Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
printed on acid free paper All Rights Reserved © 1989 by Kluwer Academic Publishers Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1989 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFATORY NOTE
Vll
PART I - THE ELEMENTS FOR INTERPRETING KANT CHAPTER 1 - SPACE AND TIME Section 1 - Descriptive Representation Section 2 - Space Section 3 - Geometry Section 4 - Time
11 20
CHAPTER2-THOUGHT Section 1 - Necessary Unity Section 2 - The Unity of Possible Experience and the Unity of Objects
27 27 36
CHAPTER 3 - SUBSTANCE Section 1 - Pennanence Section 2 - Pennanence: Further Remarks Section 3 - Substance-Based Time Section 4 - Substance, Underdetennination, and Inscrutability Section 5 - Further Dynamical Issues
51 51
1
5
60
72
81 91
CHAPTER 4 - THE WORLD Section 1 - Unrestricted General Representation Section 2 - Transcendental Idealism
103 103 117
CHAPTER 5 - THE REWORK HYPOTHESIS
135
PART II - THE EARLY VIEW CHAPTER 1 - THE EARLY THEORY OF THOUGHT Section 1 - The Deduction Section 2 - The Second Analogy Section 3 - The Fourth Paralogism
151 151 163 175
CHAPTER 2 - THE TEXT OF THE EARLY VIEW Section 1 - The Aesthetic Section 2 - The Complete Early Text
189 189 205
CHAPTER 3
