Transcendental Dialectic

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concept in epistemology concept in metaphysics part of a philosophical book philosophical work section

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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Label	Occurrences
Transcendental Dialectic canonical	3
Doctrine of the Transcendental Dialectic	1
Transcendental Doctrine of Elements	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concept in epistemology ⓘ concept in metaphysics ⓘ part of a philosophical book ⓘ philosophical work section ⓘ
addresses	possibility of metaphysics as a science ⓘ
aimsAt	critique of metaphysics ⓘ limitation of the claims of pure reason ⓘ showing the boundaries of possible experience ⓘ
analyzes	dialectical inferences of reason ⓘ pure reason ⓘ
author	Immanuel Kant ⓘ
belongsToPhilosophicalTradition	Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ German idealism ⓘ
centralConceptIn	Kantianism ⓘ surface form: Kantian epistemology Kantian metaphysics ⓘ
contrastsWith	Transcendental Analytic ⓘ
critiques	Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ surface form: antinomies of pure reason dogmatic metaphysics ⓘ ideal of pure reason ⓘ paralogisms of pure reason ⓘ traditional rationalist metaphysics ⓘ
distinguishes	logical illusion and transcendental illusion ⓘ
examines	God as the highest being ⓘ ideas of reason ⓘ soul as a thinking substance ⓘ world as a totality of conditions ⓘ
focusesOn	reason rather than understanding ⓘ
follows	Transcendental Analytic ⓘ
historicalContext	late 18th century European philosophy ⓘ
influenced	analytic philosophy of metaphysics ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ post-Kantian idealism ⓘ
keyTerm	antinomy ⓘ ideal of pure reason ⓘ ideas of reason ⓘ paralogism ⓘ transcendental illusion ⓘ
locatedIn	Transcendental Analytic ⓘ surface form: Transcendental Logic
mainWorkLanguage	German ⓘ
method	transcendental critique ⓘ
partOf	Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
precedes	Discours de la méthode ⓘ surface form: Doctrine of Method
publicationYear	1781 ⓘ
revisedEditionYear	1787 ⓘ
studies	metaphysical illusion ⓘ transcendental illusion ⓘ

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Critique of Pure Reason → containsPart → Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ

Transcendental Analytic → locatedInWork → Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transcendental Doctrine of Elements

Transcendental Analytic → precedesSection → Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ

Transcendental Aesthetic → distinguishedFrom → Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ

Analytic of Principles → precedes → Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Doctrine of the Transcendental Dialectic