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27Kant’s Doctrine of Definitions and the Semantic Background of the Transcendental AnalyticJournal of Transcendental Philosophy 4 (2): 113-136. 2023.In this paper I argue that Kant’s doctrine of definitions, as it is developed in theTranscendental Doctrine of Method(TDM) and in the lectures on logic, lays down the semantic background of the problem of the objective reality of the categories and of the solution Kant provides for it in theTranscendental Analytic. The distinction between nominal and real definitions introduces a two-dimensional element in Kant’s theory of concepts, and this, I argue, provides a compelling explanation for the as…Read more
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65Kant's Proof of the Existence of the Outer WorldHistory of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 25 (1). 2021.In this paper I propose a novel interpretation of Kant’s proof of the existence of the outer world in the Refutation of Idealism. According to this interpretation, Kant’s proof does not provide a regressive explanation of our capacity to determine the temporal order of our experiences. Rather, it expresses a counterfactual reflection on what it takes for something to be actual in contrast to being merely imagined. On the ground of this reflection, Kant argues against the Cartesian sceptic that, …Read more
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19Kant’s True Ambition in the Court of ReasonIn Camilla Serck-Hanssen & Beatrix Himmelmann (eds.), The Court of Reason: Proceedings of the 13th International Kant Congress, De Gruyter. pp. 269-278. 2021.
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33On the Uniqueness of Kant’s Transcendental ProofsIn Violetta L. Waibel, Margit Ruffing & David Wagner (eds.), Natur und Freiheit. Akten des XII. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, De Gruyter. pp. 1151-1158. 2018.
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Areas of Interest
Thought Experiments |
Skepticism |
Modal Epistemology |
The A Priori |
Philosophy of Religion |