Hypotyposis in Kant's Metaphysics of Judgment

Symbolizing Completeness

Byron Ashley Clugston

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2019
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798881881559
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophical Metaphysics

Hypotyposis is for Kant the a priori presentation of some concept, or, a presentation of an a priori concept. The focused discussion of hypotyposis and associated themes in Hypotyposis in Kant's Metaphysics of Judgment leads to an exploration of: (1) the idea of a priori presentation--the idea of something being represented in thought which is not found in the world, but found in us, in the structure of our thought----and, correlatively, (2) the idea of our taking something to be presented in the world which symbolizes something found in us. Byron Ashley Clugston's analysis takes as its central concern the structure of thought, though his exploration of this topic is not conventional to the extent that it does not adhere strictly, and only, to Kant's own pronouncements. Clugston focuses instead on extending and connecting certain major themes in Kant's thinking: the idea of an inner and outer to thought; the idea of limit cases and best cases which guide our thinking; the idea of our thinking being constrained or shaped by certain conditions; the idea of there being something which is unconditioned, or hidden from us; and the idea of our being inaccessible to ourselves.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Hypotyposis in Kant’s Metaphysics of Judgment
• Series Page
• Hypotyposis in Kant’s Metaphysics of Judgment: Symbolizing Completeness
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter I
• Chapter II
• Chapter III
• Chapter IV
• Conclusion
• References
• Index
• About the Author