Date of Award
4-14-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Dr. Sebastian Rand - Committee Chair
Second Advisor
Dr. Andrew Altman - Committee Member
Third Advisor
Dr. Jessica Berry - Committee Member
Abstract
Kant is famous for his use of transcendental arguments in the transcendental deduction. This thesis examines how such a transcendental argument is used within Kant’s methodological framework. Following the work of Henrich and Walker, the paper asks whether transcendental arguments in the Critique of Pure Reason are compatible with Kant’s methodology in general. We find that these arguments and Kant’s methodology are compatible, and that transcendental arguments are indeed very weak arguments by Walker’s standards. However, the entire transcendental deduction should be understood as a deduction writing that uses transcendental arguments particularly effectively according to Kant’s own methodological standards.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1338881
Recommended Citation
Cudney, Thomas Wayne, "Kant's Use of Transcendental Arguments." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1338881