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Title

The metaphysics of transcendental subjectivity : Descartes, Kant, and W. Sellars / by Joseph Claude Evans, Jr.

Author

Evans, Joseph Claude.

Publication

Amsterdam : B.R. Grüner, 1984.

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Description

xi, 138 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The general topic of this book is the metaphysics of the subject in Kantian transcendental philosophy. A critical appreciation of Kant's achievements requires that we be able to view Kant's positions as transformations of pre-Kantian philosophy, and that we understand the ways in which contemporary philosophy changes the letter of Kantian thought in order to be true to its spirit in a new philosophical horizon. Descartes is important in two respects. One the one hand, he institutes a philosophical movement which can be said to culminate in Kant; on the other hand, Descartes is one of the major opponents against whom Kant argues in establishing his own position. In either case, the Cartesian cogito is a central concern. Wilfred Sellars restates and transforms Kantian positions in the context of contemporary philosophy after the 'lingguistic turn', using the Platonic metaphor that thought is similar to discourse."--Page [4] of cover.

Series Statement

Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 5

Uniform Title

Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 5.

Subject

• Descartes, René, 1596-1650
• Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
• Philosophy, Modern
• Sellars, Wilfrid

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 129-134.

Contents

Chapter I. Notes on the History of the Linguistic Model -- Chapter II. Descartes -- Chapter III. Leibniz -- Chapter IV. Kant -- Chapter V. Sellars.

ISBN

9060322568 :

LCCN

^^^84218351^//r85

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library