خلاصة:
Kant considers the pure representations of reason—namely God, the world, and the soul—to have two different applications; one is their incorrect application, which he calls the transcendental application, in which an external correlate is considered for the representations. In this application, representations have a constitutive role. The other is their correct application, which Kant calls the regulative application of representations, in which representations are solely directed toward the pure concepts of understanding and their application. The role of representations in this application is systematizing; meaning that representations explain the unity and connection of knowledge resulting from the understanding. In this article, Kant's view on the role of the representations and principles of pure reason has been critically reviewed.
ملخص الجهاز:
The Systematizing Role of Representations and Principles of Reason in Kant's Philosophy* Dr. Seyed Masoud Seif** (Refer to the page image) Abstract Kant considers the pure representations of reason, namely God, the world, and the soul, to have two different applications; one is their incorrect application, which he calls the transcendental application, in which an external correlate is considered for the representations.
The other application of intuitions, which Kant calls the correct application of intuitions and the regulative application of intuitions, is when intuition is solely directed toward the pure concepts of understanding and their application, in which case the role of intuitions in Kant's philosophy is organizing, meaning they explain the unity and interconnection of the cognition resulting from the understanding.
In fact, the primary task of reason is to think about what is beyond experience; not only to organize the content of cognition to form a hierarchical structure (and thus, in this sense, give order to knowledge), but also to establish limits for the understanding as far as possible and to bring to perfection the unity provided by the understanding (Grier, 1002).
From Kant's perspective, although the understanding is limited to sensory intuitions, reason does not remain bound by this limitation and carries the pure concepts of understanding into a transcendental application beyond phenomena.
Thus, according to Kant, since these ideas are as natural to reason as categories are to the understanding, they must, in addition to incorrect and transcendental application, also have a correct and intuitive application.
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