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- Title
Explaining Synthetic A Priori Knowledge: The Achilles Heel of Transcendental Idealism?
- Authors
Stern, Robert
- Abstract
This article considers an apparent Achilles heel for Kant's transcendental idealism, concerning his account of how synthetic a priori knowledge is possible. The problem is that while Kant's distinctive attempt to explain synthetic a priori knowledge lies at the heart of his transcendental idealism, this explanation appears to face a dilemma: either the explanation generates a problematic regress, or the explanation it offers gives us no reason to favour transcendental idealism over transcendental realism. In the article, I consider G. E. Moore's version of the problem, which I argue has not yet received an adequate response. Instead, I offer a way out of this dilemma by focusing on the normativity rather than the metaphysics of the mind.
- Publication
Kantian Review, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 3, p385
- ISSN
1369-4154
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1369415422000115