From Kant to Husserl: Selected Essays

Charles Parsons

Published by Harvard University Press 2012

From Kant to Husserl

Selected Essays

Charles Parsons

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674065420

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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.

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Charles Parsons is Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Harvard University.

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PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PART I. KANT
NOTE TO PART I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. THE TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. ARITHMETIC AND THE CATEGORIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3. REMARKS ON PURE NATURAL SCIENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
4. TWO STUDIES IN THE RECEPTION OF KANT’S PHILOSOPHY OF ARITHMETIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
POSTSCRIPT TO PART I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
PART II. FREGE AND PHENOMENOLOGY
5. SOME REMARKS ON FREGE’S CONCEPTION OF EXTENSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
POSTSCRIPT TO ESSAY 5 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
6. FREGE’S CORRESPONDENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
POSTSCRIPT TO ESSAY 6 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
7. BRENTANO ON JUDGMENT AND TRUTH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
8. HUSSERL AND THE LINGUISTIC TURN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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- Main content: 256
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- Other: 1 line illustration

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Published: March 15, 2012
ISBN: 9780674065420