Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism

This article has three objectives. The first is to show the inevitable ambiguity between realism and idealism in Kant’s work. The second is to show the nature of Kantian realism as his response to the skeptic and a reflection on the objective distinctness of representations. The version of empir...

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Main Author: Lucas Ribeiro Vollet
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Published: Editorial Universidad Adventista del Plata 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://publicaciones.uap.edu.ar/index.php/revistaenfoques/article/view/1191
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description This article has three objectives. The first is to show the inevitable ambiguity between realism and idealism in Kant’s work. The second is to show the nature of Kantian realism as his response to the skeptic and a reflection on the objective distinctness of representations. The version of empirical reality proposed as the answer to the skeptic, however, has overt elements of anti-reality: it is built in the tension between the idea of proof and the idea of truth. Kant employs the theory of apperception and judgment, which functions by generating pure conceptual parameters (categories) to address this tension. The manner in which Kant’s theory of apperception and judgment offers solutions to the challenge of aligning truth and proof is in line with epistemic, anti-realistic, anti-metaphysical, and non-classical approaches to logical representation (which aligns with Kant’s transcendental logic). Lastly, we will present an overview of the discourse surrounding the nature of Kantian empirical realism and compare it to the version of “reality” advocated by metaphysical perspectives, empirical science, and common sense.
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spelling doaj-art-26f1cfc4b4584c1f930c79e313a57d5a2025-01-12T12:07:26ZengEditorial Universidad Adventista del PlataEnfoques1514-60061669-27212024-12-0136210.56487/enfoques.v36i2.1191Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-RealismLucas Ribeiro Vollet0Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Santa Catarina, Brasil This article has three objectives. The first is to show the inevitable ambiguity between realism and idealism in Kant’s work. The second is to show the nature of Kantian realism as his response to the skeptic and a reflection on the objective distinctness of representations. The version of empirical reality proposed as the answer to the skeptic, however, has overt elements of anti-reality: it is built in the tension between the idea of proof and the idea of truth. Kant employs the theory of apperception and judgment, which functions by generating pure conceptual parameters (categories) to address this tension. The manner in which Kant’s theory of apperception and judgment offers solutions to the challenge of aligning truth and proof is in line with epistemic, anti-realistic, anti-metaphysical, and non-classical approaches to logical representation (which aligns with Kant’s transcendental logic). Lastly, we will present an overview of the discourse surrounding the nature of Kantian empirical realism and compare it to the version of “reality” advocated by metaphysical perspectives, empirical science, and common sense. https://publicaciones.uap.edu.ar/index.php/revistaenfoques/article/view/1191Idealism — Anti-realism — Kant — Apperception — Transcendental
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Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism
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Idealism — Anti-realism — Kant — Apperception — Transcendental
title Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism
title_full Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism
title_fullStr Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism
title_full_unstemmed Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism
title_short Challenges and impasses in Kant’s theory of truth and judgment: An interpretation of Kant’s anti-Realism
title_sort challenges and impasses in kant s theory of truth and judgment an interpretation of kant s anti realism
topic Idealism — Anti-realism — Kant — Apperception — Transcendental
url https://publicaciones.uap.edu.ar/index.php/revistaenfoques/article/view/1191
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