Week 8 - The Deduction & Transition to the Principles


This week we’ll wrap up our discussion of the Deduction and move on to Kant’s discussion of the “schematism” of the categories in their role as “principles” of experience.

Readings

Questions

  • What is a “schema”?
  • Why are schemata needed? (i.e. what is the problem of the Schematism chapter?)
  • What is a “schematized” category?