Transcendental Arguments

Problems and Prospects
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926156-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

Fourteen new essays by a distinguished team of authors offer a broad and stimulating re-examination of transcendental arguments. This is the philosophical method of arguing that what is doubted or denied by the opponent must be the case, as a condition for the possibility of experience, language, or thought.
The line-up of contributors features leading figures in the field from both sides of the Atlantic; they discuss the nature of transcendental arguments, and consider their role and value. In particular, they consider how successful such arguments are as a response to sceptical problems. The editor's introduction provides historical context and philosophical orientation for the discussions.

This is the first major appraisal of transcendental arguments since the 1970s; they have continued to play a significant role in philosophy, and recent developments in epistemology and metaphysics have raised new questions and challenges for them. Transcendental Arguments will be essential reading for anyone interested in this area of philosophy, and the starting-point for future work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Robert Stern: Introduction

- 2: Ralph C. S. Walker: Induction and Transcendental Argument

- 3: Graham Bird: Kant and the Problem of Induction: A Reply to Walker

- 4: Robert Stern: On Kant's Response to Hume: The Second Analogy as Transcendental Argument

- 5: Mark Sacks: Transcendental Arguments and the Inference to Reality: A Reply to Stern

- 6: Quassim Cassam: Self-Directed Transcendental Arguments

- 7: Paul Franks: Transcendental Arguments, Reason, and Scepticism: Contemporary Debates and the Origins of Post-Kantianism

- 8: Michael Rosen: From Kant to Fichte: A Reply to Franks

- 9: Barry Stroud: The Goal of Transcendental Arguments

- 10: Christopher Hookway: Modest Transcendental Arguments and Sceptical Doubts: A Reply to Stroud

- 11: David Bell: Transcendental Arguments and Non-Naturalist Anti-Realism

- 12: Jonathan Vogel: Causation and Subjectivity

- 13: Anthony Brueckner: Transcendental Arguments from Content Externalism

- 14: Gregory McCulloch: Content Externalism and Cartesian Scepticism: A Reply to Brueckner

- 15: A. W. Moore: Conative Transcendental Arguments and the Question Whether There Can Be External Reasons

- References

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stern, Robert (University of Sheffield)