Kant and the Structure of Conceptual Representations: Universality, Characteristic Mark, Reflection, Discursiveness

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https://doi.org/10.7203/REK.9.2.28148

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conceitos, universalidade, nota característica, discursividade.

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The present article explores the structure of conceptual representation in Kant's philosophy through the analysis of its various qualifications, namely universality, characteristic marks, reflectiveness, and discursiveness, as well as the understanding's operations that constitute it, namely the operations of comparison, reflection, and abstraction. This exploration is based on the text of the Logic organized by Jäsche and in comparison with Schulphilosophie. It is demonstrated how admitting conceptual representations as universal representations, that is, representations by common characteristic marks for various objects, is a natural description of conceptual representations. Meanwhile, as reflected representations of logical operations, they originate from the rules inherent in their application to particular cases, so that possessing a concept is also the ability to judge. In conclusion, it is argued that the possession of concepts is recognized to the extent that one is capable of judging. The link between concepts and judgments is inseparable, and the possession of concepts without the ability to judge is an indicator of historical knowledge, not rational knowledge.

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Felipe Cardoso Silva, Universidade de São Paulo.

Doutorando em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo. Bolsista CAPES.

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2024-12-20

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Cardoso Silva, F. (2024). Kant and the Structure of Conceptual Representations: Universality, Characteristic Mark, Reflection, Discursiveness. Revista De Estudios Kantianos, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.7203/REK.9.2.28148
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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): Revista de Estudios Kantianos

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