Transcendental Arguments and Science Essays in Epistemology

The goal of the present volume is to discuss the notion of a 'conceptual framework' or 'conceptual scheme', which has been dominating much work in the analysis and justification of knowledge in recent years. More specifi­ cally, this volume is designed to

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SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Managing Editor:

J AAKKO HINTIKKA, Academy of Finland, Stanford University, and Florida State University

Editors: ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University DONALD DAVIDSON, University of Chicago

G ABRLEL NUCHELMANS, University of Leyden WESLEY C. SALMON, University ofArizona

VOLUME 133

TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTS AND SCIENCE Essays in Epistemology

Edited by PETER BIERI Philosophisches Seminar der Universitiit Heidelberg

ROLF-P. HORSTMANN Abteilung Philosophie der Universitiit Bielefeld

and LORENZ KRUGER Abteilung Philosophie der Universitiit Bielefeld

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Transcendental arguments and science. (Synthese library) Papers originally presented at a symposium held in July 1977, and sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Bielefeld. Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Knowledge, Theory of-Congresses. 2. Transcendentalism -Congresses. 3. Reasoning-Congresses. 4. Science-Philosophy -Congresses. 1. Bieri, Peter, 1944II. Horstmann, RolfIII. Kriiger, Lorenz. IV. Bielefeld. Universitat. Peter, 1940Zentrum fiir Interdisciplinare Forschung. 79-4367 BD161.T68 121 ISBN- 13: 978-90-277-0964-6 e-ISBN- 13: 978-94-009-9410-2 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-9410-2

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T ABLE OF CONTENTS

vii

Editorial Introduction I. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF TRANSCENDENTAL

ARGUMENTS MANFRED BAUM / Transcendental Proofs in the

Critique of Pure

Reason

3

RUDIGER BITTNER / Transcendental Arguments, Synthetic and

Analytic. Comment on Baum

27

KONRAD CRAMER / A Note on Transcendental Propositions in

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Comment on Baum JONATHAN BENNETT / Analytic Transcendental Arguments STEPHAN KORNER / On Bennett's 'Analytic Transcendental Argu-

ments'

37 45 65 71

GUNTHER PATZIG / Comment on Bennett RICHARD RORTY / Transcendental Arguments, Self-Reference, and

Pragmatism

77 105

WOLFGANG CARL / Comment on Rorty DIETER HENRICH / Challenger or Competitor?

On Rorty's Account

of Transcendental Strategies II.

113

THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE

C. F. VON WEIZsAcKER / The Preconditions of Experience and the

Unity of Physics MAR Y HESSE / Comment on von Weiszacker PETER MITTELSTAEDT / Comment on von Weizsacker

123 159 171

KUNO LORENZ / The Concept of Sc