E-Book, Englisch, Band 210, 237 Seiten
Reihe: Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte
Kant’s Quasi-Ontological Argument for the Categorical Imperative
E-Book, Englisch, Band 210, 237 Seiten
Reihe: Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte
ISBN: 978-3-11-069134-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Groundwork
. It is distinctive in the way in which it places Kant’s argument in the context of his transcendental philosophy as a whole, which is essential to understand it as an argument from within human agential self-understanding. The book reviews that existing literature, then presents a logical construction of Kant’s argument, which it defends by examining what Kant has to say about synthetic a priori practical propositions in the context of his transcendental philosophy as a whole, and by a detailed examination of how he presents his argument in the
Second Critique
and the
Groundwork
. Particular attention is given to the views of two scholars who share many of the views expressed in this book: Klaus Steigleder and Michael Wolff. Special attention is also given to the views of Owen Ware, who, while sharing many of our arguments has a very different overall view. The concluding chapter provides a statement about the validity of Kant’s argument.