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Hypotyposis in Kant's Metaphysics of Judgment

Symbolizing Completeness

Byron Ashley Clugston

Hypotyposis is for Kant the a priori presentation of some concept, or, a presentation of an a priori concept. The focused discussion of hypotyposis and associated themes in Hypotyposis in Kant’s Metaphysics of Judgment leads to an exploration of: (1) the idea of a priori presentation--the idea of something being represented in thought which is not found in the world, but found in us, in the structure of our thought----and, correlatively, (2) the idea of our taking something to be presented in the world which symbolizes something found in us. Byron Ashley Clugston’s analysis takes as its central concern the structure of thought, though his exploration of this topic is not conventional to the extent that it does not adhere strictly, and only, to Kant’s own pronouncements. Clugston focuses instead on extending and connecting certain major themes in Kant’s thinking: the idea of an inner and outer to thought; the idea of limit cases and best cases which guide our thinking; the idea of our thinking being constrained or shaped by certain conditions; the idea of there being something which is unconditioned, or hidden from us; and the idea of our being inaccessible to ourselves.

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Pages: 150 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9

978-1-7936-0515-3 • Hardback • October 2019 • $104.00 • (£80.00)

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Series: Contemporary Studies in Idealism

Subjects: Philosophy / Metaphysics

Hypotyposis in Kant's Metaphysics of Judgment

Symbolizing Completeness

Hardback

eBook

Summary

Hypotyposis is for Kant the a priori presentation of some concept, or, a presentation of an a priori concept. The focused discussion of hypotyposis and associated themes in Hypotyposis in Kant’s Metaphysics of Judgment leads to an exploration of: (1) the idea of a priori presentation--the idea of something being represented in thought which is not found in the world, but found in us, in the structure of our thought----and, correlatively, (2) the idea of our taking something to be presented in the world which symbolizes something found in us. Byron Ashley Clugston’s analysis takes as its central concern the structure of thought, though his exploration of this topic is not conventional to the extent that it does not adhere strictly, and only, to Kant’s own pronouncements. Clugston focuses instead on extending and connecting certain major themes in Kant’s thinking: the idea of an inner and outer to thought; the idea of limit cases and best cases which guide our thinking; the idea of our thinking being constrained or shaped by certain conditions; the idea of there being something which is unconditioned, or hidden from us; and the idea of our being inaccessible to ourselves.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 150 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9

978-1-7936-0515-3 • Hardback • October 2019 • $104.00 • (£80.00)

978-1-7936-0516-0 • eBook • October 2019 • $98.50 • (£76.00)

Series: Contemporary Studies in Idealism

Subjects: Philosophy / Metaphysics

Author

Byron Ashley Clugston completed his PhD in philosophy at the University of Sydney.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

I Schematic and Symbolic Hypotyposis

II Ordinary Examples, Exemplary Symbols

III Structures of Conceptual Determination

IV Imagining the Rational

Conclusion

References

Hypotyposis in Kant's Metaphysics of Judgment

Symbolizing Completeness

Byron Ashley Clugston

Hypotyposis in Kant's Metaphysics of Judgment

Symbolizing Completeness

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