KANTIAN TRANSCENDENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON METAPYSICS: VARIOUS ASPECTS
KANTIAN TRANSCENDENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON METAPYSICS: VARIOUS ASPECTS

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper, we will consider some of the arguments by which Immanuel Kant questions the legitimacy of traditional metaphysics, as these arguments are presented in “Transcendental Dialectics” in the Critique of Pure Reason. Here, the German philosopher’s verdict is radical: the knowledge of the super-sensible is not possible and the “dogmatic” character of metaphysics should be overcome! In the next step, we can ask whether Kant had an additional, different understanding of metaphysics in mind. Some of the phrasing used in the Critique of Pure Reason seems to show that legitimate metaphysics should be a system of pure concepts of reasoning, and a thematically organized inventory of everything we acquire through pure reason. At other times, metaphysics appears to be mistaken with the transcendental philosophy itself – a critique signed by Kant, with the critical examination of our whole a priori knowledge.

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