ABSTRACT
For the mind could never think its identity in the manifoldness of its representations . . . if it did not have before its eyes the identity of the act whereby it subordinates all synthesis of apprehension . . . to a . . . unity . . . according to . . . rules. (A108)
The discussion in this chapter regarding inner sense will count as further textual evidence that Kant’s intellectual subject is intellectual marshaling action. Furthermore, the application of my analysis to the parallel case of inner sense in this chapter will be key to understanding Kant’s conception of a person in the Third Paralogism. Being a person for Kant (see Chapter 10) involves understanding oneself as a cognizing being. For discursive intellects such as ours, cognizing requires being in receptive or perceiving states; only insofar as we can cognize our own states can we understand ourselves as (identical)
cognizing beings. The discussion in this chapter then will prepare the way for my discussion of Kant’s positive doctrine in the Third Paralogism.
