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The Error of Kant - Resolving the Problem of Universal Ethics (Paperback)
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The Error of Kant - Resolving the Problem of Universal Ethics (Paperback)
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Regarding paradoxes, Wittgenstein stated: 'It is the business of
philosophy not to resolve a contradiction by means of a mathematics
or logic discovery but to get a clear view of the state of ...
affairs before the contradiction is resolved. (And this does not
mean that one is side stepping a difficulty.) Wittgenstein believed
philosophy has the responsibility to resolve paradoxes through an
interpretation of what seems most reasonable. It is then
mathematics and logic, which follow and validate or invalidate such
a view. It is the function of the philosophical field known as
metaphysics to examine the concept of the whole. Is the physical
the whole? If the physical is not the whole then what lies beyond
the physical, meta - beyond, physics - the physical? Kant proposed
a metaphysical system of limited existence 'containing' infinite
possibilities. Such a perception is metaphysical in nature for it
places a limit upon the whole leading to the question regarding
what lies beyond the limit itself. Such a topic lies well beyond
the parameters regarding a dialectic of space and time. In fact,
such a topic lies beyond the parameters regarding a dialectic of
the void of space and time. We will not ignore such a topic, rather
we will address the topic of what lies beyond the limits of the
whole in Tractate 18: The Emergence of Theoretical Metaphysics.
What then are we to examine within this tractate: Tractate 6: Kant
and the Void of Space and Time? We are to examine space and time,
the void of space and time, passive observation, active
observation. In spite of the pronouncements of philosophers to
follow Kant, meta-physics, is not dead. Meta-physics has just been
set aside while we await a new metaphysical system. Kant said we
have no choice but to establish a more comprehensive metaphysical
system before we relegate his system to the archives of ancient
history. Such then becomes the task of this dialectic for the very
purpose of this work to establish both a new metaphysical model and
the rationality regarding the new metaphysical model. As we shall
see, however, the task of 'replacing' Kant's system is not to be
attempted through the process of destroying Kant metaphysical model
but rather the new model is established through the process of
fusing Aristotle's, Kant's, and Hegel's model all into one
metaphysical model. First: The universe evolves as our thoughts
evolve. Second: The concept of a system is critical to metaphysics.
Regarding the first concept: The perception, the universe evolves
as our thoughts evolve, provides the rationale as to why our
understanding of the 'Greater' picture is so important. The concept
that the universe evolves as our thoughts evolve implies we
actively 'form' what 'will be' as opposed to the past Aristotelian
perception that we are merely observers of 'what is'. Regarding the
second concept: Kant was the first to propose such an upside down
concept as the universe itself evolving as our thoughts evolved.
Kant turned metaphysics and thus philosophy on its head just as
Copernicus turned cosmology and thus science on its head. Kant was
the first metaphysician to step beyond the perceptual metaphysical
perception of the day. Kant was able to step beyond the perception
of the day regarding the observer passively observing. Kant,
however, was unable to step beyond the perception of the day
regarding the existence of an Aristotelian closed system. Such
conflicting positions generated unwieldy metaphysical
contradictions. Kant innovated a perception incapable of being
'confined' within an Aristotelian closed system and thus found
himself incapable of finding both first truth and his dearly sought
categorical imperative. It is these two concepts, first truth and
categorical imperatives, that this work will examine and resolve.
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