ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter we uncovered one of the theses at the center of Kant’s arguments against Hume-that all representation of a complex state of affairs is conceptual-and I proposed that we understand this claim by combining it with what I take to be Kant’s theory of concepts-quainferential-rules. Over the course of the next four chapters I will strengthen the case for this understanding of Kant’s theory of concepts as well as show how it can be used to solve certain longstanding puzzles in Kant interpretation and stand on its own as a powerful account of the nature of human thought.
