Transcendental Dialectic
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concept in epistemology
concept in metaphysics
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Transcendental Dialectic is the section of Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy that analyzes how pure reason generates metaphysical illusions and critiques traditional rationalist metaphysics.
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concept in epistemology
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concept in metaphysics → part of a philosophical book → philosophical work section → |
| addresses |
possibility of metaphysics as a science
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| aimsAt |
critique of metaphysics
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limitation of the claims of pure reason → showing the boundaries of possible experience → |
| analyzes |
dialectical inferences of reason
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pure reason → |
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Immanuel Kant
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Enlightenment philosophy
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German idealism → |
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Kantian epistemology
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Kantian metaphysics → |
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Transcendental Analytic
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| critiques |
antinomies of pure reason
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dogmatic metaphysics → ideal of pure reason → paralogisms of pure reason → traditional rationalist metaphysics → |
| distinguishes |
logical illusion and transcendental illusion
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| examines |
God as the highest being
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ideas of reason → soul as a thinking substance → world as a totality of conditions → |
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reason rather than understanding
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Transcendental Analytic
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late 18th century European philosophy
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| influenced |
analytic philosophy of metaphysics
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phenomenology → post-Kantian idealism → |
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antinomy
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ideal of pure reason → ideas of reason → paralogism → transcendental illusion → |
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Transcendental Logic
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German
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| method |
transcendental critique
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| partOf |
Critique of Pure Reason
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| precedes |
Doctrine of Method
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| publicationYear |
1781
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1787
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| studies |
metaphysical illusion
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transcendental illusion → |
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Critique of Pure Reason
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Transcendental Analytic
("Transcendental Doctrine of Elements")
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Transcendental Analytic
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