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      • To study the mind, infer the conditions necessary for experience. Arguments having this structure are called transcendental arguments. Translated into contemporary terms, the core of this method is inference to the best explanation, the method of postulating unobservable mental mechanisms in order to explain observed behaviour.
      plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-mind/
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  2. Jul 26, 2004 · In this article, we will focus on Immanuel Kant’s (1724–1804) work on the mind and consciousness of self and related issues. Some commentators believe that Kant’s views on the mind are dependent on his idealism (he called it transcendental idealism). For the most part, that is not so.

  3. Aug 21, 2009 · Kant’s Transcendental Deduction features a number of component transcendental arguments. Each begins with a premise either about the self-attributability of mental items, apperception, or else a premise about the necessity and universality of some feature of our experience of objects.

  4. Aug 17, 2020 · Kant is said to be the first to distinguish between consciousness of oneself as the subject of one’s experiences and consciousness of oneself as an object, which he calls transcendental and empirical apperception, respectively.

    • Janum Sethi
    • 2021
  5. Nov 29, 2017 · One of the central aspects of Kant’s transcendental theory of self-consciousness, which crucially separates his from previous theories, is the distinction between transcendental apperception and inner sense, the latter also called empirical apperception (A107).

    • Dennis Schulting
    • ds196901@gmail.com
    • 2017
  6. Kant’s theory of pure apperception, or transcendental self-consciousness, 1 is a central element of his philosophy and has a long and complex history of interpretation. In the Deduction, Kant wants to explain what self-consciousness is and what function it has.

  7. This book explores the consequences of Kant's view of the self and his contributions to our own understanding of the character (and limits) of self-knowledge. Salient aspects of Kant's positive theory of the self as it is presented in the Transcendental Deduction are discussed.

  8. Sep 22, 2009 · The central aim of this book is to provide a new understanding of the notion of transcendental self-consciousness and show its implications for an understanding of experience. I develop and defend Kant's central thesis that self-consciousness puts demands on experience that make it possible for us to integrate our various experiences into a ...

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