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This book presents a new interpretation of Kanta (TM)s theory of
knowledge that emphasizes the coherence and plausibility of his
doctrine of transcendental idealism. Many interpreters believe that
Kanta (TM)s transcendental idealism is an incoherent theory. Some
have attempted to respond to this charge. Yet, as the author
demonstrates, the interpretations that seek to vindicate Kanta
(TM)s theory continue to be committed to some claims that evoke the
charge of incoherence. One type of claim which does so is connected
to the contradictory notion of subjective necessity. The other type
of claim is related to the supposition that knowledge of the
reality of appearances entails knowledge of the reality of things
in themselves. The interpretation presented in this book does not
involve any of these claims. Part One of this book presents an
analysis of Kanta (TM)s concept of a priori knowledge and of his
response to skepticism about synthetic a priori knowledge that
specifies the content of such knowledge without invoking the notion
of subjective necessity. Part Two presents an account of the
non-spatiotemporality of things in themselves that does not entail
knowledge of the reality of things in themselves. Part Three
presents a new interpretation of transcendental synthesis, the
transcendental "I" and of the role of transcendental
self-consciousness in synthetic a priori knowledge which emphasizes
the originality of Kanta (TM)s account of self-knowledge and
subjectivity. The arguments presented in this book relate Kanta
(TM)s ideas to current debates in epistemology, metaphysics and the
philosophy of mind in a way that underscores their invaluable
relevance to present-day philosophicaldiscourse.
1. Introduction Kant considered the doctrine of transcendental
idealism an indisp- sable part of the theory of knowledge presented
in the Critique of Pure Reason. My aim in this book is to present a
new defense of the coh- ence and plausibility of Kant's
transcendental idealism and its indisp- sability for his theory of
knowledge. I will show that the main argument of the Transcendental
Aesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic is - fensible
independently of some of Kant's claims which are said to threaten
its coherence. I have undertaken an inquiry into the coherence of
Kant's transc- dental idealism for the following reasons. A defense
of the coherence of transcendental idealism is required by the
existing state of Kantian scholarship. The claim that Kant's
transcendental idealism is incoh- ent has appeared in various forms
over the last two centuries. The most powerful and elaborate
criticism of Kant's transcendental idealism is found in Part Four
of Strawson's The Bounds of Sense. Several comm- tators have tried
to reestablish its coherence. Although Allison and other
commentators have contributed ideas that are valuable for an 1
account of the coherence of Kant's transcendental idealism, their -
guments fall short as a response to the standard objection. Indeed,
the claim that Kant's transcendental idealism is incoherent
continues to be the view held by most thinkers. I have limited my
goal in this book to establishing the coherence of Kant's
transcendental idealism due to two related reasons.
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