The metaphysics of transcendental subjectivity: Descartes, Kant and W. Sellars
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- The metaphysics of transcendental subjectivity: Descartes, Kant and W. Sellars
- Jaar:
- 1984
- Taal:
- Onbepaald
- Uitgever:
- Amsterdam Verlag B. R. Grüner 1984
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.PHI DESC b EVAN (Orpheus Instituut)
- ISBN:
- 9060322568
- Reeks:
- Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie 5
- Samenvatting:
- The general topic of this book is the metaphysics of the subject in Kantian transcendental philosophy. A critical appreciation of Kant's achievements requires that we be able to view Kant's positions as transformations of pre-Kantian philosophy, and that we understand the ways in which contemporary philosophy changes the letter of Kantian thought in order to be true to its spirit in a new philosophical horizon. Descartes is important in two respects. One the one hand, he institutes a philosophical movement which can be said to culminate in Kant; on the other hand, Descartes is one of the major opponents against whom Kant argues in establishing his own position. In either case, the Cartesian cogito is a central concern. Wilfred Sellars restates and transforms Kantian positions in the context of contemporary philosophy after the "linguistic turn", using the Platonic metaphor that thought is similar to discourse.
- Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000016987
