Kant's Transcendental Imagination

by G. Banham

Overview

The role and place of transcendental psychology in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason has been a source of some contention. The acceptance of the notion of transcendental psychology in recent years has been in connection to functionalist views of the mind which has detracted from its metaphysical significance. This work presents a detailed argument for restoring transcendental psychology to a central place in the interpretation of Kant's Analytic, in the process providing a detailed response to more 'austere' analytic readings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349513109
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Edition description:	1st ed. 2005
Pages:	331
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

GARY BANHAM is a Reader in Transcendental Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of Kant's Practical Philosophy: From Critique to Doctrine and Kant and the Ends of Aesthetics. He is the editor of Husserl and the Logic of Experience and co-editor of Evil Spirits: Nihilism and the Fate of Modernity.

Table of Contents

Acknowldgements Introduction Synthesis and Intuition Judgment and Austerity Apperception and Synthesis Synthesis and Imagination Schematism and Imagination Synthesis, Intuition and Mathematics Substance, Causality and Community Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'Banham's book makes an ideal guide to the 'Critique of Pure Reason'...His combination of philological sensitivity and argumentative rigour makes him one of the most stimulating and challenging of recent writers on Kant. He has an unrivalled ability to make Kant our contemporary and to show that the critical philosophy still contains untapped resources and even surprises.' - Howard Caygill, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

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