Kant's Theory Of Knowledge / By H. A. Prichard

The Philosophy of Illllllanuel Kant A collection of eleven of the most important books on Kant~s philosophy reprinted in 14 volumes Selected by Lewis White Beck The University of Rochester Garland.New lOrk & Landon 1976 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Prichard, Harold Arthu.r, 1871-1947. Kant's theory of knowledge. (The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant) Reprint of the 1909 ed. published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. Bibliography: p. 1. Kant, Immanuel, 1124-1804--KnOWledge, Theory of. 2. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Title. II. Series. B2799.K7P7 1976 120 75-32042 ISBN 0-8240-2329 ..3 Printed in the United States of America KANT'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE BY H. A. PRICHARD FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1909 HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUlILISlIllB TO TUB UNlVJIBSITY 011' OXll'OBD LONDON, BDINBUBGH, NEW YOBX TORONTO AND JoUILBOURNB PREFACE THIs book is an attempt to think out the nature and tenability of Kant's Transcendental Idealism, an attempt animated by the conviction that even the elucidation of Kant's meaning, apart from any criticism, is impossible without a discussion on their own merits of the main iss:u.es which he raises. My obligations are many and great: to Caird's Oritical Philosophy of Kant and to the translations of Meiklejohn, Max Miiller, and Professor Mahaffy; to Mr. J. A. Smith, Fellow of Balliol College, and to Mr. H. W. B. Joseph, Fellow of New College, for what I have learned from them in discussion; to Mr. A. J. Jenkinson, Fellow of Brasenose College, for reading and commenting on the first half of the MS.; to Mr. H. H. Joachim, Fellow of Merton College, for making many important suggestions, especially with regard to matters of translation; to Mr. Joseph, for reading the whole of the proofs and for making many valuable corrections; and, above all, to my wife for constant and unfailing help throughout, and to Professor Cook Wilson, to have been whose pupil I count the greatest of philosophical good fortunes. Some years ago it was my privilege to be a member of a class with which Professor Cook Wilson read a portion of Kant's Oritique _of Pure Reason, and subsequently I have had the advantage of discussing with him several of the more important passages. I am especially iv PREFACE indebted to him in my discussion of the following topics: the distinction between the Sensibility and the Understanding (pp. 27-31, 146-9, 162-6), the term 'form of perception' (pp. 37, 40, 133 fin.-135), the Metaphysical Exposition of Space (pp. 41-8), Inner Sense (Ch. V, and pp. 138-9), the Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories (pp. 149-53), Kant's account of 'the reference of representations to an object' (pp. 178-86), an .implication of perspective (p. 90), the i~l1possibility of a 'theory' of knowledge (p. 245), and the points considered, pp. 200 med.-202 med., 214 med.-215 med., and 218. The views expressed in the pages referred to originated from Professor Cook Wilson, though it must not be assumed that he would accept them in the form in which they are there stated. CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM OF THE PAGE Critique 1 CHAPTER II 27 THE SENSIBILITY AND THE UNDERSTANDING CHAPTER II] 36 SPACE CHAPTER IV 71 PHENOMENA AND THINGS IN THEMSELVES NOTE THE FIRST ANTINOMY · 101 CHAPTER V TIME AND INNER SENSE · 103 CHAPTER VI KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY • · 115 CHAPTER VII THE METAPHYSICAL DEDUCTION OF THE CATEGORIES • 140 CHAPTER VIII THE TRANSCENDENTAL DEDUCTION OF THE CATEGORIES . 161 CHAPTER IX GENERAL CRITICISM OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL DEDUCTION OF THE CA