Kantian metaphysics
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doctrine in transcendental philosophy
epistemological framework
metaphysical system
philosophical theory
Kantian metaphysics is Immanuel Kant’s critical account of the limits and conditions of human knowledge and experience, which redefines traditional metaphysics by grounding it in the a priori structures of cognition.
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Target entity: Kantian metaphysics Context triple: [Transcendental Dialectic, centralConceptIn, Kantian metaphysics]
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Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics
"Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics" is a major philosophical work by Martin Heidegger that offers an influential reinterpretation of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, especially regarding the foundations of metaphysics and human finitude.
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Metaphysics
Metaphysics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature of being, reality, and first principles beyond the physical world.
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Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics
The Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics is an approach rooted in P. F. Strawson’s work that emphasizes descriptive metaphysics, focusing on clarifying the fundamental conceptual framework underlying our ordinary thought and discourse rather than constructing revisionary ontological systems.
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Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics is a 1935 lecture course by German philosopher Martin Heidegger that probes the fundamental question of the meaning of Being and critiques the metaphysical foundations of Western thought.
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The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics is a major philosophical work by Michael Dummett that develops his influential views on realism, anti-realism, and the role of language in metaphysical debates.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Kantian metaphysics Target entity description: Kantian metaphysics is Immanuel Kant’s critical account of the limits and conditions of human knowledge and experience, which redefines traditional metaphysics by grounding it in the a priori structures of cognition.
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A.
Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics
"Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics" is a major philosophical work by Martin Heidegger that offers an influential reinterpretation of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, especially regarding the foundations of metaphysics and human finitude.
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B.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature of being, reality, and first principles beyond the physical world.
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C.
Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics
The Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics is an approach rooted in P. F. Strawson’s work that emphasizes descriptive metaphysics, focusing on clarifying the fundamental conceptual framework underlying our ordinary thought and discourse rather than constructing revisionary ontological systems.
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D.
Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics is a 1935 lecture course by German philosopher Martin Heidegger that probes the fundamental question of the meaning of Being and critiques the metaphysical foundations of Western thought.
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E.
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics is a major philosophical work by Michael Dummett that develops his influential views on realism, anti-realism, and the role of language in metaphysical debates.
- F. None of above. chosen
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doctrine in transcendental philosophy
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epistemological framework ⓘ metaphysical system ⓘ philosophical theory ⓘ |
| addresses |
limits of speculative reason
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possibility of metaphysics as a science ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Critique of Practical Reason
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Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ Critique of the Power of Judgment ⓘ Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
a priori conditions of experience
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categories of the understanding ⓘ forms of intuition ⓘ ideas of reason ⓘ limits of human cognition ⓘ phenomena and noumena distinction ⓘ regulative principles ⓘ synthetic a priori judgments ⓘ thing in itself ⓘ transcendental apperception ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| claims |
knowledge is limited to appearances
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metaphysics as a science is possible only as critique ⓘ objects of experience conform to our mode of cognition ⓘ space and time are forms of intuition ⓘ space is a pure form of outer intuition ⓘ things in themselves are unknowable ⓘ time is a pure form of inner intuition ⓘ |
| defines |
boundaries of metaphysical knowledge
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conditions of possible experience ⓘ |
| developedBy | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
a priori and a posteriori knowledge
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analytic and synthetic judgments ⓘ |
| groundsIn | a priori structures of cognition ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
practical philosophy
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teleological judgment ⓘ theoretical philosophy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
German Idealism
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linked to:
German idealism
Neo-Kantianism ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| introduces |
antinomies of pure reason
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linked to:
Critique of Pure Reason
table of categories ⓘ transcendental deduction of the categories ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| makesRoomFor | practical reason ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ |
| redefines | traditional metaphysics ⓘ |
| restricts | theoretical knowledge to experience ⓘ |
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