Kant and the Demands of Self-ConsciousnessIn Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness, Pierre Keller examines Kant's theory of self-consciousness and argues that it succeeds in explaining how both subjective and objective experience are possible. Previous interpretations of Kant's theory have held that he treats all self-consciousness as knowledge of objective states of affairs, and also that self-consciousness can be interpreted as knowledge of personal identity. By developing this striking new interpretation Keller is able to argue that transcendental self-consciousness underwrites a general theory of objectivity and subjectivity at the same time. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Introducing apperception | 19 |
Concepts laws and the recognition of objects | 45 |
Selfconsciousness and the demands of judgment in the BDeduction | 65 |
Selfconsciousness and the unity of intuition completing the BDeduction | 87 |
Timeconsciousness in the Analogies | 113 |
Causal laws | 141 |
Selfconsciousness and the pseudodiscipline of transcendental psychology | 161 |
How independent is the self from its body? | 182 |
The argument against idealism | 196 |
Empirical realism and transcendental idealism | 217 |
Conclusion | 235 |
Notes | 242 |
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Common terms and phrases
able Allison appearances apperception ascribe assumption B-Deduction basis bearer beliefs belong Bounds of Sense capacity causal laws causal principle cinnabar claim cognition Compatibilism concepts connection Critique Deduction depends Descartes determinate distinction distinguish empirical self-consciousness event existence external objects fact first-person function Guyer Henrich Henry Allison idea impersonal independent individual inference inner experience inner sense interpretation intuition involved judgment Kant argues Kant thinks Kant-Studien Kant's argument kind knowledge Leibniz logical manifold mental metaphysical nature necessary necessity ness notion numerical identity objects of experience one's oneself ourselves outer Paralogism particular Paul Guyer perceive perception persistent personal identity point of view predicates premise presuppose priori projectible predicates purely rational rational psychology reason Refutation of Idealism relations represent representational content sciousness seems self-identity self-knowledge sensibility skepticism space spatio-temporal spontaneity substance substance dualism synthesis temporal order thesis things thinker thought tion transcendental realism transcendental self-consciousness understanding unity of consciousness