archives@tulane.edu / The most commonly ignored doctrine in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is his defense of his own critical methodology. This dissertation analyzes Kant’s statements on method in the “Discipline of Pure Reason” and a series of lectures from the 1760s and 1770s to prepare the way for a reinterpretation of the argumentative strategy of the Critique and its emancipatory aims. Reconsidering its argumentative strategy also requires reconsidering its substantive claims and achievements. “Discipline” is Kant’s name for the method that elevates the natural predisposition to metaphysics (“metaphysica naturalis”) to the secure status of science (“metaphysica generalis”) because the discipline accounts for the inescapable historicity of pure reason, achieving a revolution in rational history by making use of that historicity while eliminating its worst consequences. After disciplining the tumultuous unrest Kant finds everywhere in reason’s historical search for self- knowledge, reason can finally enter a period of “perpetual peace in philosophy.” Given Kant’s reservations about political revolution, this dissertation asks how the revolutionary turn in rational history is meant to enable peace. After Kant makes headway on the question of reason’s end by considering the dispute between ancient and modern philosophy, he considers the aprioricity of space, time, and the categories from a similarly historical perspective. This dissertation argues that Kantian reason is historical in such a way that it requires the negative legislation of critical discipline to reach the status of science, a result that contributes to the discussion about Kant’s thoughts on revolution. / 1 / Zachary Calhoun
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_120566 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Contributors | Calhoun, Zachary (author), Velkley, Richard (Thesis advisor), School of Liberal Arts Philosophy (Degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | electronic, pages: 294 |
| Rights | 12 months, Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law. |
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