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Cztery motywy idealizmu Kanta i ich krytyka
Four Motives of Kant’s Idealism and their Criticism

Author(s): Stanisław Judycki
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Kant; metaphysics; a priori knowledge; metafizyka; idealizm; wiedza a priori

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents some principal motives that made I. Kant take the position of transcendental idealism. They are the following: the question of a priori synthetic judgements, the question of the cognitive and ontic status of space and time, the problem of the constitution of the phenomenal world, and the problem of the objectivity of empirical judgments (the so-called transcendental deduction). In relation to Kant’s solutions some objections have been formulated and a thesis that neither separately nor in combination can the main four motives be treated as conditions sufficient for idealism and agnosticism. The author also seeks to show the relationship between transcendental idealism and Kant’s belief of the impossibility to solve the “great” metaphysical problems, therefore the problem of the existence of God, soul, and freedom.

  • Issue Year: 56/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 123-140
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish