The Typic in Kant’s "Critique of Practical Reason": Moral Judgment and Symbolic Representation

Adam Westra

Published by De Gruyter 2016

The Typic in Kant’s "Critique of Practical Reason"

Moral Judgment and Symbolic Representation

Adam Westra

Volume 188 in the series Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110455939

About this book

In a short chapter of the Critique of Practical Reason entitled “On the Typic of the Pure Practical Power of Judgment,” Kant addresses a crucial problem facing his theory of moral judgment: How can we represent the supersensible moral law so as to apply it to actions in the sensible world? Despite its importance to Kant's project, previous studies of the Typic have been fragmentary, disparate, and contradictory.
This book provides a detailed commentary on the Typic, elucidating how it enables moral judgment by means of the law of nature, which serves as the 'type', or analogue, of the moral law. In addition, the book situates the Typic, both historically and conceptually, within Kant's theory of symbolic representation. While many commentators have assimilated the Typic to the aesthetic notion of 'symbolic hypotyposis' in the third Critique, the author contends that it has greater continuities with the theoretical notion of 'symbolic anthropomorphism' in the Prolegomena.
As the first comprehensive, book-length study of the Typic that critically engages with the secondary literature, this monograph fills an important gap in the research on Kant's ethics and aesthetics and provides a starting point for further inquiry and debate.

Author / Editor information

Adam Westra, Université de Montréal, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Method of citation and list of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Commentary
Chapter 1. The task Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2. The ‘particular difficulties’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 3. The resources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 4. The solution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 5. The outcome and effectiveness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
The Typic’s Place in Kant’s Theory of Symbolic Representation
Chapter 6. The typic and symbolic hypotyposis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Chapter 7. The typic and symbolic anthropomorphism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Appendices
Appendix I : German text of the Typic chapter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Appendix II: English translation of the Typic chapter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, institutes, libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Kant; Immanuel; moral philosophy; aesthetics

eBook

Published: March 7, 2016
ISBN: 9783110455939

Hardcover

Published: March 7, 2016
ISBN: 9783110454628

Paperback

Published: November 7, 2017
ISBN: 9783110578249

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