Why Kant is a Weak Conceptualist
[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] The question whether Kant is a conceptualist has attracted significant attention of Kant scholars in recent decades. I present all three dominant positions in the debate (strong conceptualism, weak conceptualism, nonconceptualism) and ar...
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Vilnius University Press
2019-04-01
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| author | Ruslanas Baranovas |
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The question whether Kant is a conceptualist has attracted significant attention of Kant scholars in recent decades. I present all three dominant positions in the debate (strong conceptualism, weak conceptualism, nonconceptualism) and argue that strong conceptualism and nonconceptualism are less plausible interpretations of Kant’s philosophy. I argue that the first cannot explain Kant’s commitments related to the incongruents, animals, and infants. The second one, meanwhile, cannot explain Kant’s argument on causation against Hume. At the end of the paper, I try to show that the key to a plausible and convincing interpretation of Kant as a weak conceptualist is the distinction between categories and empirical concepts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd8513004b4148b584f03edac765ce4f2022-12-21T23:28:44ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61582019-04-019510.15388/10.15388/Problemos.95.7Why Kant is a Weak ConceptualistRuslanas Baranovas0Vilnius University[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] The question whether Kant is a conceptualist has attracted significant attention of Kant scholars in recent decades. I present all three dominant positions in the debate (strong conceptualism, weak conceptualism, nonconceptualism) and argue that strong conceptualism and nonconceptualism are less plausible interpretations of Kant’s philosophy. I argue that the first cannot explain Kant’s commitments related to the incongruents, animals, and infants. The second one, meanwhile, cannot explain Kant’s argument on causation against Hume. At the end of the paper, I try to show that the key to a plausible and convincing interpretation of Kant as a weak conceptualist is the distinction between categories and empirical concepts.http://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/12739Kantweak conceptualismnon-conceptualismcategoriesempirical concepts |
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| title | Why Kant is a Weak Conceptualist |
| title_full | Why Kant is a Weak Conceptualist |
| title_fullStr | Why Kant is a Weak Conceptualist |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why Kant is a Weak Conceptualist |
| title_short | Why Kant is a Weak Conceptualist |
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| topic | Kant weak conceptualism non-conceptualism categories empirical concepts |
| url | http://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/12739 |
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