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Unraveling the anthropological-existential significance of transcendental propositions

Roberto Horácio de Sá Pereira

Autor
Roberto Horácio de Sá Pereira
Revista
Kant e-prints
Edição
18
Ano
2023
DOI
10.20396/kant.v18i00.8673772
Páginas
50-63
Idioma
en
2023Roberto Horácio de Sá Pereira. Unraveling the anthropological-existential significance of transcendental propositions. Kant e-prints, v. 18, p. 50-63, 2023.3

Kant labels his transcendental propositions as “principles” instead of mathematical “theorems” because they have the quite peculiar property of “making possible their ground of proof (Beweisgrund), namely experience”. The paper introduces an original reading. Importantly, this reading does not conflict with established interpretations, as it does not touch on the core focus of Kant