Space, Time, and Thought in Kant
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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
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFATORY NOTE
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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
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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
