The Aporia of Inner Sense : The Self-Knowledge of Reason and the Critique of Metaphysics in Kant

Garth Green

ISBN 10: 9004215573 / ISBN 13: 9789004215573

Published by Brill Okt 2011, 2011

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Neuware - This work - the first full-length account of its theme in English - identifies Kant's doctrine of inner sense as a central, and problematic, element within the 'architectonic of pure reason' of the first Critique. Its exegesis exposes two, variant construals of the character and capacities of inner sense: the first, 'positive' construal functions in Kant's account of the nature of knowledge in the Transcendental Analytic, while the second, 'negative' construal functions in Kant's account of the limits of knowledge in the Transcendental Dialectic. Green shows how this variance underlies, and destabilizes, the basic intention of Kant's theoretical philosophy, to give an account of both the nature, and the limits, of cognition. The work complements detailed analysis with an exhaustive review of English, French, and German scholarship on the doctrine. An Appendix on Kant's recently discovered 'Vom inneren Sinne' fragment evinces Kant's continued concern with this doctrine, and a Conclusion intimates the importance of Fichte's and Schelling's identification of the 'aporia of inner sense' to the subsequent development of transcendental idealism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Aporia of Inner Sense : The Self-Knowledge of Reason and the Critique of Metaphysics in Kant
• Publisher: Brill Okt 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004215573
• ISBN 13: 9789004215573
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 157H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 522 grams

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Synopsis

This work - the first full-length account of its theme in English - identifies Kant’s doctrine of inner sense as a central, and problematic, element within the ‘architectonic of pure reason’ of the first Critique. Its exegesis exposes two, variant construals of the character and capacities of inner sense: the first, ‘positive’ construal functions in Kant’s account of the nature of knowledge in the Transcendental Analytic, while the second, ‘negative’ construal functions in Kant’s account of the limits of knowledge in the Transcendental Dialectic. Green shows how this variance underlies, and destabilizes, the basic intention of Kant’s theoretical philosophy, to give an account of both the nature, and the limits, of cognition. The work complements detailed analysis with an exhaustive review of English, French, and German scholarship on the doctrine. An Appendix on Kant’s recently discovered ‘Vom inneren Sinne’ fragment evinces Kant’s continued concern with this doctrine, and a Conclusion intimates the importance of Fichte’s and Schelling’s identification of the ‘aporia of inner sense’ to the subsequent development of transcendental idealism.

About the Author

Garth W. Green is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at McGill University.