The Regulatory Use of the Ideas of Reason in Kant and Husserl
Abstract
This paper explores the regulatory use of the ideas of reason within the philosophical discourses of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Husserl, focusing on how each philosopher interprets the scope and function of these ideas within their respective frameworks. Kant’s treatment in the “Critique of Pure Reason” emphasizes the transcendental ideals as heuristic devices to guide scientific inquiry without claiming ontological status, fostering a systematic and unified understanding of natural phenomena. Husserl, conversely, extends these ideas in his “Cartesian Meditations” through the method of phenomenological reduction and eidetic intuition, aiming to access the essential structures underlying all experiences. By engaging in a comparative analysis, this paper illustrates how Husserlboth adopts and adapts Kantian principles to fit the demands of his phenomenological approach. This involves a critical examination of the methodological divergences between the two, particularly in terms of their views on the conditions of possibility for experience and the role of consciousness in constituting reality. The discussion sheds light on the distinctive paths taken by Kant and Husserlin using transcendental philosophy to address issues of knowledge, experience, and reality, ultimately highlighting both convergence and significant reformulation in Husserl’s adoption of Kantian ideas.
Abstract
This paper explores the regulatory use of the ideas of reason within the philosophical discourses of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Husserl, focusing on how each philosopher interprets the scope and function of these ideas within their respective frameworks. Kant’s treatment in the “Critique of Pure Reason” emphasizes the transcendental ideals as heuristic devices to guide scientific inquiry without claiming ontological status, fostering a systematic and unified understanding of natural phenomena. Husserl, conversely, extends these ideas in his “Cartesian Meditations” through the method of phenomenological reduction and eidetic intuition, aiming to access the essential structures underlying all experiences. By engaging in a comparative analysis, this paper illustrates how Husserlboth adopts and adapts Kantian principles to fit the demands of his phenomenological approach. This involves a critical examination of the methodological divergences between the two, particularly in terms of their views on the conditions of possibility for experience and the role of consciousness in constituting reality. The discussion sheds light on the distinctive paths taken by Kant and Husserlin using transcendental philosophy to address issues of knowledge, experience, and reality, ultimately highlighting both convergence and significant reformulation in Husserl’s adoption of Kantian ideas.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface 5
- Contents IX
- Abbreviations of Kant’s Works 11
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Section I: Feelings and Action:Moral and Political Perspectives
- Kant on the Difference between Right and Ethics: Are We Capable of Acting (Solely) from Duty? 3
- Courage vs. Laziness: The Kantian Perspective between Education and Politics 19
- Kant’s Concept of Unsocial Sociability 33
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Section II: Feelings and Judgements:Scientific and Aesthetical Approaches
- Kant’s Concept of Intensive Magnitude: Anticipating Scientific Experience 49
- Kant’s Hypotyposis as Rhetorical and Poetical Presentation 61
- The Aesthetic Representation of the Supersensible: Reassessing the Space of the Sublime 77
- On the Conceptual Restriction of Aesthetic Judgments 97
- The Heroic, the Pathic, the Barbaric: Kant’s Critique of Judgment and the Sight of War 111
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Section III: Feelings and Environment Today:From a Kantian Perspective
- Kant and Environmental Ethics, Starting from the Doctrine of Virtue 135
- Shared Commitments and Ethical Values in the UN Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development Goals: A Kantian Approach towards a Collectively Desirable State of the World 151
- Climate Change and Natural Beauty: Kant’s Aesthetic Moderate Ecocentrism 175
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Section IV: Feelings and Kant’s Heritage
- “Das Gefühl ist factisch das erste ursprüngliche”: Remarks on the Role of Feeling in Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre Nova Methodo 195
- The Problem of the Aesthetic Idea in Kant and Hegel: The Relationship between Beauty and Morality 207
- The Regulatory Use of the Ideas of Reason in Kant and Husserl 221
- Feeling and System: The Developments of Kant’s Concept of the Feeling of Pleasure and Displeasure in Hermann Cohen’s Aesthetics 235
- Index of persons
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface 5
- Contents IX
- Abbreviations of Kant’s Works 11
-
Section I: Feelings and Action:Moral and Political Perspectives
- Kant on the Difference between Right and Ethics: Are We Capable of Acting (Solely) from Duty? 3
- Courage vs. Laziness: The Kantian Perspective between Education and Politics 19
- Kant’s Concept of Unsocial Sociability 33
-
Section II: Feelings and Judgements:Scientific and Aesthetical Approaches
- Kant’s Concept of Intensive Magnitude: Anticipating Scientific Experience 49
- Kant’s Hypotyposis as Rhetorical and Poetical Presentation 61
- The Aesthetic Representation of the Supersensible: Reassessing the Space of the Sublime 77
- On the Conceptual Restriction of Aesthetic Judgments 97
- The Heroic, the Pathic, the Barbaric: Kant’s Critique of Judgment and the Sight of War 111
-
Section III: Feelings and Environment Today:From a Kantian Perspective
- Kant and Environmental Ethics, Starting from the Doctrine of Virtue 135
- Shared Commitments and Ethical Values in the UN Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development Goals: A Kantian Approach towards a Collectively Desirable State of the World 151
- Climate Change and Natural Beauty: Kant’s Aesthetic Moderate Ecocentrism 175
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Section IV: Feelings and Kant’s Heritage
- “Das Gefühl ist factisch das erste ursprüngliche”: Remarks on the Role of Feeling in Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre Nova Methodo 195
- The Problem of the Aesthetic Idea in Kant and Hegel: The Relationship between Beauty and Morality 207
- The Regulatory Use of the Ideas of Reason in Kant and Husserl 221
- Feeling and System: The Developments of Kant’s Concept of the Feeling of Pleasure and Displeasure in Hermann Cohen’s Aesthetics 235
- Index of persons
