The Method of Belief: The Unity of Kant’s Reflection in the Canon of Pure Reason
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Lorenzo Mileti Nardo
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to show the unity and consistency of Kant’s reflections throughout all three sections of the Canon of Pure Reason. More specifically, I argue that Section 3, which is devoted to the issue of Fürwahrhalten, or taking-to-be-true, is crucial to achieving the methodological goal of the Canon, which is to justify the legitimacy of the speculative assumptions of pure reason. After examining the historical roots of Kant’s notion of a transcendental doctrine of method, I focus on the methodological role that the practical element plays in the first two sections of the Canon. I then show how the limitations of Kant’s argument necessitate the introduction of a third crucial section, which serves both an analytic and an orientative function.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- The Roles of Kant’s Doctrines of Method
- Research Articles
- The Method of Belief: The Unity of Kant’s Reflection in the Canon of Pure Reason
- Kant’s Doctrine of Definitions and the Semantic Background of the Transcendental Analytic
- Two Models of Kantian Construction
- The Dissatisfied Skeptic in Kant’s Discipline of Pure Reason
- How to Become a Good Artist – Kant on Humaniora and the ‘Propaedeutic for All Beautiful Art’
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- The Roles of Kant’s Doctrines of Method
- Research Articles
- The Method of Belief: The Unity of Kant’s Reflection in the Canon of Pure Reason
- Kant’s Doctrine of Definitions and the Semantic Background of the Transcendental Analytic
- Two Models of Kantian Construction
- The Dissatisfied Skeptic in Kant’s Discipline of Pure Reason
- How to Become a Good Artist – Kant on Humaniora and the ‘Propaedeutic for All Beautiful Art’
- Virtue, Wide Duties, and Casuistry. On why there is a Doctrine of Method in Kant’s Doctrine of Virtue
