Abstract
In their criticism of metaphysics, Kant and Wittgenstein invoke elaborated conceptions of philosophical illusion. ‘The essential thing about metaphysics’, says Wittgenstein, is ‘that the difference between factual and conceptual investigations is not clear to it.’ (RPP I §949) The error, he says, arises from the fact that, in philosophy, ‘[w]e don’t look at the actual language-game’.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
For a good introduction, see Allison 2004: 396–412, 419–421.
- 2.
See Grier 2001: 126 (including note 43), 275, 278.
- 3.
Cf. ‘To say that there was a time when there was nothing is on the same level and as nonsensical as to say part of my visual field is not coloured.’ (LWL: 109).
Bibliography
Allison, Henry E. (2004). Kant’s Transcendental Idealism: An Interpretation and Defense. Yale University Press, New Haven, London.
Caranti, Luigi (2007). Kant and the Scandal of Philosophy: The Kantian Critique of Cartesian Scepticism. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Buffalo, London.
Dyck, Corey W. (2014). Kant and Rational Psychology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Fichant, Michel (2008). ‘L’Amphibologie des concepts de la réflexion: la fin de l’ontologie.’ In Valerio Rhoden et al. (eds.). Recht und Frieden in der Philosophie Kants, Akten des X. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses; Vol. 1. De Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 71–93.
Grier, Michelle (2001). Kant’s Doctrine of Transcendental Illusion. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, etc.
Loparic, Zeljko (1990). ‘The Logical Structure of the First Antinomy.’ In Kant-Studien, Vol. 81, No. 3, 280–303.
Moore, A. W. (1992). ‘A Note on Kant’s First Antinomy.’ In The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 169, 480–485.
Wolff, Michael (1981). Der Begriff des Widerspruchs: Eine Studie zur Dialektik Kants und Hegels. Hain, Königstein/Ts.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ritter, B. (2020). Transcendental Illusion in the First Antinomial Conflict. In: Kant and Post-Tractarian Wittgenstein. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44634-5_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44634-5_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-44633-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-44634-5
eBook Packages: Religion and PhilosophyPhilosophy and Religion (R0)