Kenneth R. Westphal

Immanuel Kant‚Äôs ‚ÄòTranscendental Deduction of the Categories‚Äô addresses issues centrally debated today in philosophy and in cognitive sciences, especially in epistemology, and in theory of perception. Kant‚Äôs insights into these issues are clouded by pervasive misunderstandings of Kant‚Äôs ‚ÄòDeduction‚Äô and its actual aims, scope, and argument. The present edition with its fresh and accurate translation and concise commentary aims to serve these contemporary debates as well as continuing intensive and extensive scholarship on Kant‚Äôs Critique of Pure Reason. Two surprising results are that ‚ÄòTranscendental Deduction‚Äô is valid and sound, and it holds independently of Kant‚Äôs transcendental idealism. This lucid volume is interesting and useful to students, yet sufficiently detailed to be informative to specialists.

Kant‚Äôs Transcendental Deduction of the Categories

Kenneth R. Westphal

Information

About This Book