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K ant and K antian Themes in Recent Analytic Philosophy
Author(s) -
Howell Robert
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/meta.12000
Subject(s) - transcendental number , transcendental idealism , idealism , epistemology , philosophy , transcendental philosophy , philosophy of science , interpretation (philosophy) , politics , analytic philosophy , contemporary philosophy , political science , law , linguistics
This article notes six advances in recent analytic K ant research: (1) S trawson's interpretation, which, together with work by B ennett, S ellars, and others, brought renewed attention to Kant through its account of space, time, objects, and the Transcendental Deduction and its sharp criticisms of K ant on causality and idealism; (2) the subsequent investigations of K antian topics ranging from cognitive science and philosophy of science to mathematics; (3) the detailed work, by a number of scholars, on the Transcendental Deduction; (4) the clearer understanding of transcendental idealism sparked by reactions to A llison's epistemic account; (5) the resulting need—prompted also by new studies of the thing in itself—to face up to the old question of the philosophical defensibility of such idealism; and (6) the active engagement with Kant's ethics and political philosophy that derives from R awls's and others' work.