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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963729803321

Autore

Parsons Charles <1933->

Titolo

From Kant to Husserl : selected essays / / Charles Parsons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012

ISBN

9780674065420

0674065425

9780674068629

0674068629

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Philosophy, German - 18th century

Philosophy, German - 19th century

Philosophy, German - 20th century

Philosophy, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. KANT -- NOTE TO PART I -- 1. THE TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETIC -- 2. ARITHMETIC AND THE CATEGORIES -- 3. REMARKS ON PURE NATURAL SCIENCE -- 4. TWO STUDIES IN THE RECEPTION OF KANT'S PHILOSOPHY OF ARITHMETIC -- POSTSCRIPT TO PART I -- PART II. FREGE AND PHENOMENOLOGY -- 5. SOME REMARKS ON FREGE'S CONCEPTION OF EXTENSION -- POSTSCRIPT TO ESSAY 5 -- 6. FREGE'S CORRESPONDENCE -- POSTSCRIPT TO ESSAY 6 -- 7. BRENTANO ON JUDGMENT AND TRUTH -- 8. HUSSERL AND THE LINGUISTIC TURN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In From Kant to Husserl, Charles Parsons examines a wide range of historical opinion on philosophical questions, from mathematics to phenomenology. Amplifying his early ideas on Kant's philosophy of arithmetic, Parsons uses Kant's lectures on metaphysics to explore how his arithmetical concepts relate to the categories. He then turns to early reactions by two immediate successors of Kant, Johann Schultz and Bernard Bolzano, to shed light on disputed questions regarding interpretation of Kant's philosophy of mathematics. Interested, as well,



in what Kant meant by "pure natural science," Parsons considers the relationship between the first Critique and the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science. His commentary on Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic departs from mathematics to engage the vexed question of what it tells about the meaning of Kant's transcendental idealism.Proceeding on to phenomenology, Parsons examines Frege's evolving idea of extensions, his attitude toward set theory, and his correspondence, particularly exchanges with Russell and Husserl. An essay on Brentano brings out, in the case of judgment, an alternative to the now standard Fregean view of negation, and, on truth, alternatives to the traditional correspondence view that are still discussed today. Ending with the question of why Husserl did not take the "linguistic turn," a final essay included here marks the only article-length discussion of Husserl Parsons has ever written, despite a long-standing engagement with this philosopher.