Omar, While I haven't read it yet, Guyer's leading essay on RJ would appear to be his "Kant's Principles of Reflecting Judgment" in _Kant's Critique of the...
what's the relation between the theoretical and practical categories, and what's the function of the practical ones? what the 2nd critique says, i think, is...
on 9/29 Omar asked:"Does Kant use the word "regulate" to describe what both theoretical and practical categories do vis a vis their respective content? If so,...
I would like to consult your ideas on CPrR. Roughly, Kant states that it is possible to think about noumena but it is not necessary to assume the existence of...
Onno (and anyone else) I address this to you in particular since I know you are esp. keen on the canon, tho of course any reply would be appreciated. Section 1...
Section 76 of the Teleological Critique has a special fascination for me. It brings together all three Critiques with respect to the differentiation of human...
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/ksp2/KCR3.htm "This view of faith can help reveal the inadequacies of a purely epistemological interpretation of Kant's...
Could you please answer the following question in a simple way:- What is the difference, if any, between NOUMENON and THING-IN-ITSELF ? [Non-text portions...
Quote from Critique of Practical Reason: It can be nothing less than a power which elevates man above himself (as a part of the world of sense), a power which...
Part of Kant's answer (found in sections 77 and 78 of his Critique of Judgment) states that both ID and mechanistic theories are scientifically useful. ID is...
It's a while since I have examined the literature on the precritical concepts of space. I wonder, is there any evidence that, in the precritical work, Kant's...
This is particularly to William Peck who I was discussing earlier about our idea that independent activity was required for intellectual intuition. I found...
"The object shows itself, in all its glorious reality. " What about martians? Presumably they would see the reality in question quite differently. yes, the...
http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sphere_closed_\ path.svg/150px-Sphere_closed_path.svg.png Above is link to a picture of a sphere in...
Prolegomena, Remark II - "Long before Locke's time, but assuredly since him, it has been generally assumed and granted without detriment to the actual...
This message is to the moderator of Kant, and I'm writing it this way because I don't have your email address. With Fichte, what is independent activity? It's...
Omar, In my (so far abortive) attempts to understand reflective judgment I have been guided by a presumed continuity between c1 and c3 along the lines of a...
I want to inform you that in response to the many requests for an extension received, the deadline for the submission of papers to the organizers of the XI...
As additional warning against mistaking Kant's epistemological concern for a radical ontology, I report this supporting evidence from the first Critique...
Hi, after a long time... I have some problems with different philosopher's related terminology. Herakleitos was the man to regard becoming as absolute,...
Omar (& others), Lately you've been stressing the ultimate or essential import of critique. Not simply as a preliminary /initial grounding turning of reason...
Hello.... By no stretch of the imagination am I am philosopher. I am an engineer. But I am trying to understand how students learn. I know of Kant's...
Contingent A Priori ... in some sense a contingent a priori is similar to a forensic inference. this is a form of logic in which one begins from a fact and...
Omar, Onno, et al, Now on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, While I do find that evolution has a major bearing upon epistemology (the...
Have Quantum Physicists Found the Thing-in-Itself? according to quantum mechanics, QM, a 'particle' is only a particle when it is under observation. in between...