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A rule‐based account of the regulative use of reason in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
- Source :
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European Journal of Philosophy . Sep2023, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p673-688. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The aim of this paper is to propose a novel reading of the critical legitimacy of the regulative use of reason in the Transcendental Dialectic of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. After introducing some key terminology of the Dialectic, I analyse the shortcomings of two influential accounts of the regulative use of reason and identify their common problem in their commitment to the descriptivity of the ideas of reason. I then offer my rule‐based account of the regulative use of reason by clarifying how Kant transforms reason's metaphysical inclinations into prescriptive rules of bottom‐up empirical research. Finally, I explain why such interpretation of reason is metaphysically innocent and thereby a promising approach to understand its role in Kant's scientific project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *REASON
*METAPHYSICS
*EMPIRICAL research
*DIALECTIC
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09668373
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Philosophy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 172875940
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12793