ABSTRACT
So far we have concerned ourselves with the content, and in some degree with the conditions of the judgment. It remains to speak of its validity. In one sense, indeed, it is premature to deal with this question. The validity of any class of judgments or any particular judgment cannot be fully discussed except in connection with the validity of thought in general. But there are certain objections brought against the categorical judgment as such, which we may consider at this stage. If we find them fatal to the judgment, then the question of its validity will be settled once for all; if we are able to dismiss them as unwarranted, then the ground will be clear: there will be no general complaint against the validity of the judgment, and we may consider at our leisure under what circumstances there are positive grounds for maintaining particular judgments to be true. We may arrange objections to the categorical judgment under three main heads.
