Kant on Representation and Objectivity [Paperback]

A study of one of the most important and obscure sections of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.This book is a study of the second-edition version of the 'Transcendental Deduction' (the so-called 'B-Deduction'), which is one of the most important and obscure sections of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. By way of a close analysis of the B-Deduction, Adam Dickerson discusses most of the key themes in Kant's theory of knowledge, including the nature of thought and representation, the notion of objectivity, and the way in which the mind structures our experience of the world.This book is a study of the second-edition version of the 'Transcendental Deduction' (the so-called 'B-Deduction'), which is one of the most important and obscure sections of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. By way of a close analysis of the B-Deduction, Adam Dickerson discusses most of the key themes in Kant's theory of knowledge, including the nature of thought and representation, the notion of objectivity, and the way in which the mind structures our experience of the world.This book is a study of the second-edition version of the Transcendental Deduction (the so-called B-Deduction ), one of the most important and obscure sections of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Adam Dickerson analyzes most of the key themes in Kant's theory of knowledge, including the nature of thought and representation, the notion of objectivity, and the way in which the mind structures our experience of the world.Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Representation; 2. Spontaneity and objectivity; 3. The unity of consciousness; 4. Judgement and the categories; Bibliography; Index. Clear and well-argued, Dickerson's book makes a welcome contribution to recent Kant literature. Philosophy in Review The work at hand is a close study of the second-edition version of the transcendental deduction, and it succeeds admirably in providing an interpretation that is subtle, faithful to the text and to Kant's intentionlÓÛ