A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas
This essay is to find distinctive aspects of a priori synthetic statements, whose judgment depends upon categories of understanding, in comparison to Hume’s discussion of abstraction and meaning. Through logical analysis of statements containing Kant’s Categories, we will demonstrate that the catego...
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| description | This essay is to find distinctive aspects of a priori synthetic statements, whose judgment depends upon categories of understanding, in comparison to Hume’s discussion of abstraction and meaning. Through logical analysis of statements containing Kant’s Categories, we will demonstrate that the categories of Quality and Quantity, excluding the category of Universality, contain no mental concept unlikely to be experienced; they are therefore merely expressive of logical structures – a fact also acknowledged by empiricists – not as essential conditions for judgment. The categories of Modality, if meaningful, are perceivable only by mind not through experience. As for the conditional judgments, the Category of Causality will be discussed more precisely in this paper. It will be shown that the empiricist approach is incompatible with Kant’s theory in respect to the essence of causal relation, but compatible with it concerning the very existence of such relation. Here, we are not to deal with the Category of Substance or the Category of Reciprocity, since they are simply irrelevant to our discussions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f0b69ca97804b4caf5f9315e297995e2023-12-18T10:40:02ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressحکمت و فلسفه1735-32382476-60382010-09-016239510510.22054/wph.2010.58115811A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideasali moradkhani0peyman pour ghannad1هیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاددانشجوی دانشگاه علامه طباطباییThis essay is to find distinctive aspects of a priori synthetic statements, whose judgment depends upon categories of understanding, in comparison to Hume’s discussion of abstraction and meaning. Through logical analysis of statements containing Kant’s Categories, we will demonstrate that the categories of Quality and Quantity, excluding the category of Universality, contain no mental concept unlikely to be experienced; they are therefore merely expressive of logical structures – a fact also acknowledged by empiricists – not as essential conditions for judgment. The categories of Modality, if meaningful, are perceivable only by mind not through experience. As for the conditional judgments, the Category of Causality will be discussed more precisely in this paper. It will be shown that the empiricist approach is incompatible with Kant’s theory in respect to the essence of causal relation, but compatible with it concerning the very existence of such relation. Here, we are not to deal with the Category of Substance or the Category of Reciprocity, since they are simply irrelevant to our discussions.https://wph.atu.ac.ir/article_5811_2eeb7a1daec1437f404627e38022c446.pdfa priori synthetic statementsassociation of ideas (meanings)relationimpressionscontiguity in time or place |
| spellingShingle | ali moradkhani peyman pour ghannad A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas حکمت و فلسفه a priori synthetic statements association of ideas (meanings) relation impressions contiguity in time or place |
| title | A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas |
| title_full | A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas |
| title_fullStr | A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas |
| title_short | A Comparison of A Priori Synthetic Judgments and Hume’s Theory of Abstract Ideas |
| title_sort | comparison of a priori synthetic judgments and hume s theory of abstract ideas |
| topic | a priori synthetic statements association of ideas (meanings) relation impressions contiguity in time or place |
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