The metaphysics of transcendental subjectivity Descartes, Kant, and W. Sellars - Evans, Joseph Claude (B.R. Grüner, 1984)
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THE METAPHYSICS OF TRANSCENDENTAL SUBJECTIVITY DESCARTES, KANT AND W. SELLARS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter I Notes on the History of the Linguistic Model; Chapter II Descartes; Chapter III Leibniz; Chapter IV Kant; Chapter V Sellars; Appendix Notes on Phenomenological Theories of Judgment and Science; Notes; Bibliography; Index; The series Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie
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