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(2018) Kant, Shelley and the visionary critique of metaphysics, Dordrecht, Springer.
Principles and categories from Leibniz to Peirce in five easy steps
pp. 87-135
In this chapter I consider the role played by fundamental metaphysical categories and, in particular, their relation to metaphysical commitments regarding the status of logic, in the philosophy of Leibniz, Kant and Peirce. In doing so, I show how Kant's critical project is deeply grounded in his response to Leibniz's categorical metaphysics, and I assess the implications for Kant's critical project of the decisions he makes concerning the philosophical status of logic. In particular, Kant's response to Leibniz dovetails with Kant's overall tendency in the critical project to prioritize practical over theoretical rationality. Peirce, in turn, takes up Kant's prioritization of practical over theoretical rationality but with a renewed commitment to a more traditional logical orientation, with the consequence that theoretical rationality is collapsed into practical rationality in Peirce's pragmatic philosophy.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77291-2_3
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(2018). Principles and categories from Leibniz to Peirce in five easy steps, in Kant, Shelley and the visionary critique of metaphysics, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 87-135.
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