TY - JOUR
T1 - Kant on the Logical Origin of Concepts
AU - Newton, Alexandra
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© 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - In his lectures on general logic Kant maintains that the generality of a representation (the form of a concept) arises from the logical acts of comparison, reflection and abstraction. These acts are commonly understood to be identical with the acts that generate reflected schemata. I argue that this is mistaken, and that the generality of concepts, as products of the understanding, should be distinguished from the classificatory generality of schemata, which are products of the imagination. A Kantian concept does not provide mere criteria for noting sameness and difference in things, but instead reflects the inner nature of things. Its form consists in the self-consciousness of a capacity to judge (i.e. the Concept is the 'I think').
AB - In his lectures on general logic Kant maintains that the generality of a representation (the form of a concept) arises from the logical acts of comparison, reflection and abstraction. These acts are commonly understood to be identical with the acts that generate reflected schemata. I argue that this is mistaken, and that the generality of concepts, as products of the understanding, should be distinguished from the classificatory generality of schemata, which are products of the imagination. A Kantian concept does not provide mere criteria for noting sameness and difference in things, but instead reflects the inner nature of things. Its form consists in the self-consciousness of a capacity to judge (i.e. the Concept is the 'I think').
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0378.2012.00545.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0378.2012.00545.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84942417938
SN - 0966-8373
VL - 23
SP - 456
EP - 484
JO - European Journal of Philosophy
JF - European Journal of Philosophy
IS - 3
ER -