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Volume 107 Issue 3

Issue of Kant-Studien

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Publicly Available September 27, 2016

Abhandlungen

September 27, 2016

Die Projektion des Schematismus in den vorkritischen Schriften Kants: Das Problem der mathematischen Konstruktion

Alba Jiménez Alba Rodríguez

Page range: 429-450

Abstract

Abstract: This essay aims to provide a reconstruction of the antecedents to Kant’s doctrine of transcendental schematism in the pre-critical period. To this end, the work’s common thread is based on an analysis of the following issues: the delimitation of a jurisdiction of metaphysics, the transition from the concept of construction in the mathematical context to the constructive processes of the imagination, subsequently applied to all pure concepts, the difference between the intellectus archetypus and the intellectus ectypus , outlined in MSI, and the relevance of this distinction to the particular type of mediation operations that will later take place within the development of the theory of transcendental schematism.

September 27, 2016

Galilei, Torricelli, Stahl – Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Physik in der B-Vorrede zu Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft

Jens Lemanski

Page range: 451-484

Abstract

Abstract: In the second preface to the Critique of Pure Reason , Kant claims that Galileo Galilei, Evangelista Torricelli and Georg Ernst Stahl caused a scientific revolution in experimental physics (B xii). In this paper, I advance the historical thesis that Kantʼs claim refers precisely to three passages from Discursus et demonstrationes mathematicae (Galilei), Lettera a Filaleti Di Timauro Antiate (Torricelli), and Beweiß von den Saltzen (Stahl). This historical thesis provides evidence for a newer systematic interpretation, which says that the topic of the second preface is not epistemological, but rather methodological.

September 27, 2016

Die neue Auffassung der Metaphysik als reine Philosophie in der Inauguraldissertation und ihre propädeutische Bedeutung im Rahmen der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Kritik der reinen Vernunft

Fernando Moledo

Page range: 485-495

Abstract

Abstract: In the Critique of Pure Reason , Kant criticizes Baumgarten’s definition of metaphysics as the science of the first principles of human knowledge ( Metaphysica § 1). He maintains that this definition doesn’t consider the distinction between sensible and pure knowledge. Instead of this definition, Kant provides a new one in the first Critique : metaphysics is the system of pure reason (KrV, A 841/B 869). This definition is first anticipated eleven years before in the Inaugural Dissertation , where metaphysics is defined as pure philosophy (MSI, AA 02: 411). Kant presents the Dissertation as a proof of the propaedeutic that must precede metaphysics, and so anticipates the idea that will be fully developed in the Critique of Pure Reason . In this paper, I will argue that the new definition of metaphysics in the Inaugural Dissertation must be seen as the text’s very important result, establishing the Dissertation ’s status as a propaedeutic to metaphysics and as a specific step in the development of the Critique of Pure Reason .

September 27, 2016

Können „wir uns glücklich machen“?

Schwierigkeiten mit dem Glück und dem höchsten Gut in Kants Kritik der praktischen Vernunft

Michael Albrecht

Page range: 496-513

Abstract

Abstract: The critical Kant no longer advanced the view that man can achieve his happiness with the aid of prudence. In the Critique of Practical Reason Happiness is a part of the highest good, which presupposes the existence of God. Rather than prudence, it is morality alone by which man can contribute to realizing the highest good. In his Anthropology , Kant discusses issues which are relevant for each philosophy of happiness, for example the importance of change as such.

Berichte und Diskussionen

September 27, 2016

The Early Modern Subject

Author meets Critics: Udo Thiel, The Early Modern Subject

Falk Wunderlich

Page range: 514-514

September 27, 2016

Consciousness in Early Modern Philosophy

Remarks on Udo Thiel’s Account

Christian Barth

Page range: 515-525

Abstract

Abstract: This commentary on Udo Thiel’s rich and inspiring book The Early Modern Subject consists of three parts. The first part expresses agreement with Thiel’s claim that the early modern philosophers use terms such as “conscientia”, “conscience”, “consciousness”, and “Bewusstsein” in order to refer to forms of “relating to one’s own self”. However, Thiel’s additional claim that the early modern philosophers were not much concerned with object consciousness is found wanting. The second part takes issue with Thiel’s understanding of the way in which René Descartes’s psychological usage of the term “conscientia” is innovative. It is argued that Descartes does not arrive at the psychological meaning of the term by abstraction from its moral meaning. Instead, Descartes only widens the application of the term in one of its established ancient meanings. The third part presents objections to Thiel’s higher-order reading of Cartesian conscientia .

September 27, 2016

Is Locke’s Account of Personal Identity Really Subjectivist?

Martin Lenz

Page range: 526-535

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to challenge the notion of subjectivism involved in Udo Thiel’s and in other reconstructions of Locke’s account of personal identity. Although subjectivism is often taken to be the hallmark of Locke’s position, it is not entirely clear how we should understand this characterization. Thus, I will first address some general worries about this label. In a second step, I will discuss possible ways of construing Locke’s account as subjectivist and show how they rely on objective and intersubjective features. I shall conclude with a plea to drop this label with regard to Locke altogether.

September 27, 2016

The idea of philosophical development

Ursula Renz

Page range: 536-544

Abstract

Abstract: This paper takes Udo Thiel’s The Early Modern Subject : Self-Consciousness and Personal Identity from Descartes to Hume as an example of a study that aims to provide an account of a particular philosophical development, and discusses both the methodological requirements and the philosophical commitments connected with this ambition. In a first step, I distinguish between two fundamentally different ways of thinking about philosophical development, viz. externalism and internalism with regard to historical developments in philosophy, and I consider two ways of defining the two respective positions. Next, I specify certain methodological decisions that are relevant when writing a study on a particular philosophical development, and I characterize Udo Thiel’s book with respect to them. While no definitive position is taken with regard to the issues raised, the paper does advocate a reflective approach to them.

September 27, 2016

Bundles, Selves, and Sceptical Realism in Udo Thiel’s The Early Modern Subject

Falk Wunderlich

Page range: 545-553

Abstract

Abstract: This paper deals with how to understand David Hume’s theory of personal identity. Udo Thiel endorses a view that resembles the Sceptical Realist interpretation to some extent while taking issue with its ontological implications. Thiel argues that Hume’s so-called bundle theory of the mind is not a theory about its real essence but rather only a theory about our idea of the self. Thiel thus argues for an epistemological reading of the bundle theory and rejects the mainstream reading as unjustifiably ontological. In this paper, I challenge Thiel’s view by discussing some textual and philosophical evidence against it.

September 27, 2016

The Early Modern Subject Revisited – Responses to Barth, Lenz, Renz and Wunderlich

Udo Thiel

Page range: 554-566

Abstract

Abstract: Responding to comments on The Early Modern Subject, this paper focuses on a strictly limited range of issues: methodology, Descartes on consciousness, and Locke and Hume on personal identity. 1) Ursula Renz’s comments prompt an explanation of the notion of development in historical studies of philosophy. 2) Contra Christian Barth, although it is difficult to determine what kind of self-relation consciousness is for Descartes on the basis of the texts, it is argued that a higher-order reading is a more plausible interpretation than a first-order reading. 3) It is shown that Locke’s account of personal identity can usefully be characterized as ‘subjectivist’, in spite of Martin Lenz’s objections. 4) And finally, in consideration of Falk Wunderlich’s comments, the paper argues against both a traditional ‘ontological’ reading and a ‘sceptical realist’ interpretation of Hume’s bundle theory of the mind.

Buchbesprechungen

September 27, 2016

G. Felicitas Munzel: Kant’s Conception of Pedagogy. Toward Education for Freedom. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2012. XXVII und 438 Seiten. ISBN 978-0-8101-2801-9.

Georg Cavallar

Page range: 567-569

September 27, 2016

Transzendentalphilosophie und die Kultur der Gegenwart. Herausgegeben von Steffen Dietzsch und Udo Tietz. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2012. 352 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-86583-717-2

Peter Heintel

Page range: 570-574

September 27, 2016

Stefanie Buchenau: The Founding of Aesthetics in the German Enlightenment. The Art of Invention and the Invention of Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013 (Pb. 2015), 272 Seiten. ISBN 978-1-107-02713-8.

Clemens Schwaiger

Page range: 574-577

September 27, 2016

Kant’s “Tugendlehre”: a Comprehensive Commentary. Hrsg. von Andreas Trampota, Oliver Sensen und Jens Timmermann. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2013. 442 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-020261-8.

Héctor Wittwer

Page range: 577-581

September 27, 2016

Reza Mosayebi: Das Minimum der reinen praktischen Vernunft. Vom kategorischen Imperativ zum allgemeinen Rechtsprinzip bei Kant. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2013. 274 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-032430-3.

Oscar Cubo

Page range: 581-585

September 27, 2016

Heiko Puls: Funktionen der Freiheit. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2013. 148 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-030874-7. [KSEH 174]

Pavlos Kontos, Anastasios Englezos

Page range: 585-586

September 27, 2016

Philipp Richter: Kants ‚Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten‘ – Ein systematischer Kommentar. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2013. 184 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-534-26258-8.

Klaus Wiegerling

Page range: 587-588

Mitteilungen

September 27, 2016

Mitteilung

Page range: 588-588

About this journal

Publications in the Kant-Studien have a dual focus: firstly contributions to the interpretation, history and editorial questions of Kant’s philosophy, and secondly systematic debates on transcendental philosophy. In addition, there are investigations on Kant’s precursors and on the effects of his philosophy. The journal also contains a documentation section, in which the current state of research is indicated by means of a continually updated bibliography with reviews and references.

Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte (corresponding book series): https://www.degruyter.com/serial/KSEH-B/html

Volume 107 Issue 3

Issue of Kant-Studien

Titelseiten

Die Projektion des Schematismus in den vorkritischen Schriften Kants: Das Problem der mathematischen Konstruktion

Abstract

Galilei, Torricelli, Stahl – Zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Physik in der B-Vorrede zu Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft

Abstract

Die neue Auffassung der Metaphysik als reine Philosophie in der Inauguraldissertation und ihre propädeutische Bedeutung im Rahmen der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Kritik der reinen Vernunft

Abstract

Können „wir uns glücklich machen“?

Schwierigkeiten mit dem Glück und dem höchsten Gut in Kants Kritik der praktischen Vernunft

Abstract

The Early Modern Subject

Author meets Critics: Udo Thiel, The Early Modern Subject

Consciousness in Early Modern Philosophy

Remarks on Udo Thiel’s Account

Abstract

Is Locke’s Account of Personal Identity Really Subjectivist?

Abstract

The idea of philosophical development

Abstract

Bundles, Selves, and Sceptical Realism in Udo Thiel’s The Early Modern Subject

Abstract

The Early Modern Subject Revisited – Responses to Barth, Lenz, Renz and Wunderlich

Abstract

G. Felicitas Munzel: Kant’s Conception of Pedagogy. Toward Education for Freedom. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2012. XXVII und 438 Seiten. ISBN 978-0-8101-2801-9.

Transzendentalphilosophie und die Kultur der Gegenwart. Herausgegeben von Steffen Dietzsch und Udo Tietz. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2012. 352 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-86583-717-2

Stefanie Buchenau: The Founding of Aesthetics in the German Enlightenment. The Art of Invention and the Invention of Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013 (Pb. 2015), 272 Seiten. ISBN 978-1-107-02713-8.

Kant’s “Tugendlehre”: a Comprehensive Commentary. Hrsg. von Andreas Trampota, Oliver Sensen und Jens Timmermann. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2013. 442 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-020261-8.

Reza Mosayebi: Das Minimum der reinen praktischen Vernunft. Vom kategorischen Imperativ zum allgemeinen Rechtsprinzip bei Kant. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2013. 274 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-032430-3.

Heiko Puls: Funktionen der Freiheit. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2013. 148 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-030874-7. [KSEH 174]

Philipp Richter: Kants ‚Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten‘ – Ein systematischer Kommentar. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2013. 184 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-534-26258-8.

Mitteilung