is an artificial technical term coined by I. Kant to characterize his methodological approach to a critique of reason. While the earlier expression transcendental derived from the transcendentals, the fundamental properties of reality in medieval ontology, transcendental philosophy refers to a form of philosophical cognition, between epistemology and ¶ ontology, “that is occupied not with objects but with the way that we can possibly know objects even before we experience them” (KrV, 21787, 43). As a philosophy of “pure, merely speculative reason” (KrV, 45), tr…
Transcendental Philosophy(508 words)
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Recki, Birgit, “Transcendental Philosophy”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 30 June 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_125162>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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