This paper compares Kant’s and Leibniz’s views on the relation between knowing subjects and known objects. Kant discusses Leibniz’s views in the section of the first Critique entitled 'The Amphiboly of the Concepts of Reflection'. According to Kant, Leibniz’s main error is mistaking objects in space and time for mind-independent things in themselves, namely, for monads. The paper argues for two claims. First, Leibniz’s conception of objects in space and time is not so radically different from Kant’s conception as the latter suggests. For Leibniz, as for Kant, objects in space and time are mind-dependent. Second, a stark contrast between Kant’s and Leibniz’s philosophies concerns the status of knowing subjects. Leibniz conceives of knowing subjects as substances. Kant denies that we can know whether knowing subjects are substances. Kant conceives of knowing subjects as complex systems of cognitive capacities.

Sujeitos capazes de representar, objetos que dependem da mente: Kant, Leibniz e a Anfibolia

NUNZIANTE, ANTONIO MARIA;VANZO, ALBERTO
2012

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This paper compares Kant’s and Leibniz’s views on the relation between knowing subjects and known objects. Kant discusses Leibniz’s views in the section of the first Critique entitled 'The Amphiboly of the Concepts of Reflection'. According to Kant, Leibniz’s main error is mistaking objects in space and time for mind-independent things in themselves, namely, for monads. The paper argues for two claims. First, Leibniz’s conception of objects in space and time is not so radically different from Kant’s conception as the latter suggests. For Leibniz, as for Kant, objects in space and time are mind-dependent. Second, a stark contrast between Kant’s and Leibniz’s philosophies concerns the status of knowing subjects. Leibniz conceives of knowing subjects as substances. Kant denies that we can know whether knowing subjects are substances. Kant conceives of knowing subjects as complex systems of cognitive capacities.
2012
Comentários às obras de Kant: Crítica da Razão Pura
978-85-99608-08-1
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