Part II, Paper 4 · European Philosophy from Kant

Kant: The transcendental deduction and apperception

“The I think must be able to accompany all my representations.” What is Kant’s justification for this claim, and what role does it play in the Transcendental Deduction?

Essay of no more than 2,500 words.

Primary sources

• Kant, Immanuel: Critique of Pure Reason.A64/B89–A130/B169, with particular focus on the B-Deduction (B129–B169).

Secondary sources

• Allison, Henry E. 2015. Kant’s Transcendental Deduction: An Analytic-Historical Commentary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. DOI
• Ameriks, Karl 1978. Kant’s Transcendental Deduction as a Regressive Argument. Kant-Studien 69(1–4): 273–287. DOI
• Gomes, Anil 2010. Is Kant’s Transcendental Deduction of the Categories Fit for Purpose? Kantian Review 15(2): 118–137. DOI

General introductions

• Gardner, Sebastian 1999. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason. London: Routledge.
• Guyer, Paul (ed.) 1992. The Cambridge Companion to Kant. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI
• Guyer, Paul (ed.) 2010. The Cambridge Companion to Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI