Kant on Apperception and the Unity of Judgment

摘要

It is safe to say that more has been written in an attempt to come to terms with Kant's second-edition Transcendental Deduction (TD) than has been written on any other similarly sized section of his theoretical philosophy. As might be predicted from this fact, new contributions to the secondary literature are often characterized by the slight revisions that they make to earlier forays. Yet the array of available interpretations is sufficiently diverse that a survey can easily lead one to despair of progress. A monograph which systematically applies bold and in many cases unusual claims regarding representation, objectivity, and apperception to the interpretation of the TD is a particularly welcome addition in this context. What's more, A.B. Dickerson's Kant on Representation and Objectivity (KR&O) paints an attractive picture. Kant is reconstructed as having a sensible, even inviting, position that lacks any obvious confusions or hopeless arguments.