What Is Kant: A Compatibilist Or An Incompatibilist? A new interpretation of Kant's solution to the free will problem
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Simon Shengjian Xie
Abstract
There are generally two controversial issues over Kant's solution to the free will problem. One is over whether he is a compatibilist or an incompatibilist and the other is over whether his solution is a success. In this paper, I will argue, regarding the first controversy, that “compatibilist” and “incompatibilist” are not the right terms to describe Kant for his unique views on freedom and determinism; but that of the two, incompatibilist is the more accurate description. Regarding the second controversy, I will argue that Kant's solution to the free will problem is not a success because his effort in making the effects of freedom part of the field of appearance has made his solution incoherent and ambiguous. Despite this, I argue that Kant's attempt to solve the free will problem is groundbreaking because he at least has separated freedom from the dominance of determinism.
© Walter de Gruyter 2009
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- Kant on Geometrical Intuition and the Foundations of Mathematics
- Kants Antwort auf Hume und eine linguistische Analyse seiner Modalbegriffe
- What Is Kant: A Compatibilist Or An Incompatibilist? A new interpretation of Kant's solution to the free will problem
- Kant's contributions to social theory
- A propos d'une correction à apporter du texte d'une définition du beau dans la Critique de la faculté de juger
- Das Manuskript Dönhoff – eine unverhoffte Quelle zu Kants Vorlesungen über Physische Geographie
- Buchbesprechungen
- Neugriechische Kant-Übersetzungen
- Mitteilungen
Articles in the same Issue
- Kant on Geometrical Intuition and the Foundations of Mathematics
- Kants Antwort auf Hume und eine linguistische Analyse seiner Modalbegriffe
- What Is Kant: A Compatibilist Or An Incompatibilist? A new interpretation of Kant's solution to the free will problem
- Kant's contributions to social theory
- A propos d'une correction à apporter du texte d'une définition du beau dans la Critique de la faculté de juger
- Das Manuskript Dönhoff – eine unverhoffte Quelle zu Kants Vorlesungen über Physische Geographie
- Buchbesprechungen
- Neugriechische Kant-Übersetzungen
- Mitteilungen
