Kantian and Neo-Kantian First Principles for Physical and Metaphysical Cognition
Michael E. Cuffaro
Abstract:I argue that Immanuel Kant's critical philosophy-in particular the doctrine of transcendental idealism which grounds it-is best understood as an 'epistemic' or 'metaphilosophical' doctrine. As such it aims to show how one may engage in the natural sciences and in metaphysics under the restriction that certain conditions are imposed on our cognition of objects. Underlying Kant's doctrine, however, is an ontological posit, of a sort, regarding the fundamental nature of our cognition. This posit, sometimes called… Show more
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