Kant and the Science of Logic

A Historical and Philosophical Reconstruction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvHuaping Lu-Adler,Georgetown University) Lu-Adler, Huaping (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

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Immanuel Kant's enduring influence on philosophy is indisputable. In particular, Kant transformed debates on the fundamental questions in logic, and it is the significance and complexity of this accomplishment that Huaping Lu-Adler here explores. Kant's theory of logic represents a turning point in a history of philosophical debates over the following questions: Is logic a science, instrument, standard of assessment, or mixture of these?Kant's official answer to these questions centers on three distinctions: general versus particular logic; pure versus applied logic; pure general logic versus transcendental logic. The true meaning and significance of each distinction becomes clear, Lu-Adler argues, only if we consider two factors. First, Kant was mindful of various historical views on how logic relates to other branches of philosophy and to the workings of common human understanding. Second, he invented "transcendental logic" while struggling to secure metaphysics as a proper "science," and this conceptual innovation in turn held profound implications for his mature theory of logic. Against this backdrop, Lu-Adler reassesses the place of Kant's theory in the history of philosophy of logic and highlights certain issues that are debated today, including normativity of logic and the challenges posed by logical pluralism. Kant and the Science of Logic is both a history of philosophy of logic told from the Kantian viewpoint and a reconstruction of Kant's theory of logic from a historical perspective. It is a vital contribution to the study of Kantian logic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-10-18
Mått236 x 155 x 25 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190907136

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Preface, or Note to the Reader Acknowledgements Note on Sources and Abbreviations General Introduction Chapter 1 Kant and a Philosophical History of Logic - Methodological Reflections Chapter 2 The Nature and Place of Logic - A History of Controversies Chapter 3 The Making of a Scientific Logic from Bacon to Wolff Chapter 4 Kant on the Way to His Own Philosophy of Logic Chapter 5 Logic and the Demands of Kantian "Science" Conclusion

Huaping Lu-Adler's Kant and the Science of Logic is a welcome addition to the literature. Lu-Adler addresses the deepest issues in Kant's philosophy of logic, including questions about the formality of logic, its objectivity, and the nature of Kant's distinctions between pure and applied logic, and between general and transcendental logic. Her interpretations of the difficult Kantian texts are uniformly sensible, and her positions clearly and carefully argued. Perhaps most impressive of all is the way she locates Kant's conception of logic within its historical context, showing both what was distinctive about his positions, and how he thought they could be motivated against the historical alternatives. Given the centrality of the Kantian conception of logic to his overall philosophical ambitions, every Kant scholar will want to read this book.