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- Title
What Is Kant: A Compatibilist Or An Incompatibilist? A new interpretation of Kant's solution to the free will problem.
- Authors
Xie, Simon Shengjian
- Abstract
There are generally two controversial issues over Kant's solution to the free will problem. One is over whether he is a compatibilist or an incompatibilist and the other is over whether his solution is a success. In this paper, I will argue, regarding the first controversy, that “compatibilist” and “incompatibilist” are not the right terms to describe Kant for his unique views on freedom and determinism; but that of the two, incompatibilist is the more accurate description. Regarding the second controversy, I will argue that Kant's solution to the free will problem is not a success because his effort in making the effects of freedom part of the field of appearance has made his solution incoherent and ambiguous. Despite this, I argue that Kant's attempt to solve the free will problem is groundbreaking because he at least has separated freedom from the dominance of determinism.
- Subjects
FREE will &; determinism; THEORY of knowledge; LOGIC; CONCEPTS; SENSORY perception; REASONING; THOUGHT &; thinking; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL sciences
- Publication
Kant-Studien, 2009, Vol 100, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
0022-8877
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/KANT.2009.003