Kant's Conception of the Self, Applying the Dual-Aspect Reading of the Phenomena-Noumena Distinction to Self

Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction: The Central Issues of the Dissertation......Page 8
1. Division of Chapters......Page 19
1.1. Conceptual Background and Context......Page 22
1.2. Major Historical Influence on Kant\'s Conception of the Self......Page 32
1.3. The Self and Two Competing Views of the Phenomena/Noumena Distinction......Page 53
2. The Dual-Aspect View and the Self......Page 60
2.1. Idealism, Realism and the Transcendental Distinction......Page 61
2.2. The Two-Object View......Page 71
2.3. The Dual-Aspect View......Page 77
2.4. Applying the Dual-Aspect View to the Self......Page 86
3. Interpreting the Concepts of the Transcendental Unity of Apperception and the Transcendental Subject......Page 88
3.1. The Transcendental Unity of Apperception......Page 101
3.2. Spontaneity and the Transcendental Unity of Apperception......Page 115
3.3. The Concept of Noumenon......Page 124
3.4. The Concept of the Transcendental Subject or Noumenal Self in the Negative Sense......Page 131
4. Further Puzzles and Issues Surrounding Kant\'s Theoretical Account of the Self......Page 149
4.1. The Thinking Being as Ontological Unity......Page 150
4.2. Allison\'s Objections to Kant\'s Explicit View of the Self......Page 158
4.3. The Paralogisms and Spontaneity......Page 169
4.4. The Function and Meaning of the \'I Think\'......Page 193
5. Self-Knowledge, Inner Sense and the Phenomenal Self......Page 204
5.1. The Nature of Inner Sense and Its Distiction from Apperception......Page 206
5.2. The Phenomenal Self and Inner Sense......Page 211
5.3. Self-Affection......Page 219
5.4. The Phenomenal Self and the Activity of Thinking......Page 226
6. Practical Spontaneity, Rational Agency and the Noumenal Self......Page 232
6.1. Outline of Practical Spontaneity and Rational Agency in Kant\'s Practical Philosophy......Page 234
6.2. The Transcendental Subject and Rational Agency......Page 252
6.3. Immortality, Substantiality and the Independent Existence of the Soul......Page 255
6.4. Conclusion......Page 261
7. Concluding Remarks......Page 263