Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories
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Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories is the section in Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason where he derives the fundamental pure concepts of the understanding (the categories) from the logical forms of judgment.
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Target entity: Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories Context triple: [Transcendental Analytic, contains, Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories]
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The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics is a major philosophical work by Michael Dummett that develops his influential views on realism, anti-realism, and the role of language in metaphysical debates.
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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The Logical Structure of the World
The Logical Structure of the World is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1928 work in which he develops a rigorous, formal reconstruction of all scientific concepts from a phenomenalist basis, serving as a foundational text of logical positivism.
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Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics is a 1935 lecture course by German philosopher Martin Heidegger that probes the fundamental question of the meaning of Being and critiques the metaphysical foundations of Western thought.
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On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories Target entity description: Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories is the section in Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason where he derives the fundamental pure concepts of the understanding (the categories) from the logical forms of judgment.
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A.
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics is a major philosophical work by Michael Dummett that develops his influential views on realism, anti-realism, and the role of language in metaphysical debates.
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B.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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C.
The Logical Structure of the World
The Logical Structure of the World is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1928 work in which he develops a rigorous, formal reconstruction of all scientific concepts from a phenomenalist basis, serving as a foundational text of logical positivism.
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D.
Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics is a 1935 lecture course by German philosopher Martin Heidegger that probes the fundamental question of the meaning of Being and critiques the metaphysical foundations of Western thought.
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E.
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason is a foundational philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that analyzes the different ways in which the principle of sufficient reason structures human knowledge and experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
philosophical argument
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section of a book ⓘ |
| aimsToShow |
derivation of categories from logical forms of judgment
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that categories are necessary conditions for the possibility of experience ⓘ |
| author | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| concerns |
a priori synthesis
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spontaneity of understanding ⓘ unity of apperception ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Transcendental Analytic
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surface form:
Transcendental Deduction of the Categories
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| discipline |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ transcendental philosophy ⓘ |
| follows | Transcendental Aesthetic ⓘ |
| hasAspect | metaphysical deduction ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalProblem |
grounding the objectivity of the categories
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how pure concepts can apply to objects of experience ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic philosophy
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neo-Kantianism ⓘ subsequent German idealists ⓘ |
| introduces | table of categories ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Transcendental Analytic
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surface form:
Analytic of Concepts
Transcendental Analytic ⓘ
surface form:
Transcendental Logic
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| mainTopic |
a priori concepts
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categories ⓘ conditions of the possibility of experience ⓘ logical forms of judgment ⓘ pure concepts of the understanding ⓘ transcendental logic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Critique of Pure Reason
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Transcendental Analytic ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | German idealism ⓘ |
| precedes |
Transcendental Analytic
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surface form:
Transcendental Deduction of the Categories
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| relatedConcept |
intuition
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judgment ⓘ sensibility ⓘ synthetic a priori judgment ⓘ understanding ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
table of categories
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table of judgments ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
analysis of logical forms of judgment
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transcendental deduction ⓘ |
| version |
A edition of Critique of Pure Reason
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Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
surface form:
B edition of Critique of Pure Reason
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| yearFirstPublished | 1781 ⓘ |
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