Description
| Product ID: | 9781108724050 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Kant's Tribunal of Reason |
| Subtitle: | Legal Metaphor and Normativity in the Critique of Pure Reason |
| Authors: | Author: Sofie Møller |
| Page Count: | 210 |
| Subjects: | Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Ethics and moral philosophy, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Ethics & moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & philosophy of law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the first book-length study in English of Kant's legal metaphors, whose philosophical importance has so far been overlooked. It will appeal to academic researchers and advanced students of Kant, early modern philosophy, legal philosophy, and intellectual history. Kant''s Critique of Pure Reason, his main work of theoretical philosophy, frequently uses metaphors from law. In this first book-length study in English of Kant''s legal metaphors and their role in the first Critique, Sofie Møller shows that they are central to Kant''s account of reason. Through an analysis of the legal metaphors in their entirety, she demonstrates that Kant conceives of reason as having a structure mirroring that of a legal system in a natural right framework. Her study shows that Kant''s aim is to make cognisers become similar to authorized judges within such a system, by proving the legitimacy of the laws and the conditions under which valid judgments can be pronounced. These elements consolidate her conclusion that reason''s systematicity is legal systematicity. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-23 |
