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The Post-Critical Kant

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The Post-Critical Kant

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Understanding the Critical Philosophy through the Opus Postumum

The Post-Critical Kant

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The Post-Critical Kant book

Understanding the Critical Philosophy through the Opus Postumum
ByBryan Hall
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 21 October 2014
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315754413
Pages 230
eBook ISBN 9781315754413
Subjects Humanities
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Hall, B. (2014). The Post-Critical Kant: Understanding the Critical Philosophy through the Opus Postumum (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315754413

ABSTRACT

In this book, Bryan Wesley Hall breaks new ground in Kant scholarship, exploring the gap in Kant’s Critical philosophy in relation to his post-Critical work by turning to Kant’s final, unpublished work, the so-called Opus Postumum. Although Kant considered this project to be the "keystone" of his philosophical efforts, it has been largely neglected by scholars. Hall argues that only by understanding the Opus Postumum can we fully comprehend both Kant’s mature view as well as his Critical project.

In letters from 1798, Kant claims to have discovered a "gap" in the Critical philosophy that requires effecting a "transition from the metaphysical foundations of natural science to physics"; unfortunately, Kant does not make clear exactly what this gap is or how the transition is supposed to fill the gap. To resolve these issues, Hall draws on the Opus Postumum, arguing that Kant’s transition project can solve certain perennial problems with the Critical philosophy. This volume provides a powerful alternative to all current interpretations of the Opus Postumum, arguing that Kant’s transition project is best seen as the post-Critical culmination of his Critical philosophy. Hall carefully examines the deep connections between the Opus Postumum and the view Kant develops in the Critique of Pure Reason, to suggest that properly understanding the post-Critical Kant will significantly revise our view of Kant’s Critical period.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |35 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|35 pages

A Dilemma for Kant’s Theory of Substance

chapter 2|22 pages

The Development of Kant’s Ether Theory

chapter 3|30 pages

Kant’s Ether Deduction

chapter 4|31 pages

Kant’s Transition Project in Convoluts 10–11

chapter 5|53 pages

Kant and the Problem of Affection

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