Rethinking Kant’s Transcendental Concept in the Context of Life and Reflective Judgment

Mehmet Barış Albayrak

Makale detayları

Rethinking Kant’s Transcendental Concept in the Context of Life and Reflective Judgment

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Barış Albayrak

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kıta Felsefesi

Dergi:

Felsefe Arkivi Issue 62, pp.96-107

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355042

pISSN:

0378-2816

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 This article re-examines Kants transcendental concept in the context of life and reflective judgment. It explores the origins of a priori concepts, arguing, based on the preformation-epigenesis opposition emphasized in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Judgment, that a priori concepts are not pre-given but may be based on an epigenetic model of self-generation. Drawing on Blumenbachs concept of Bildungstrieb formative drive, the article highlights the parallels between the development of life forms and the self-formation of rational concepts. In this context, it is argued that the relationship between reason and life, as discussed in the Critique of Judgment, transforms concepts such as causality and contingency. Reflective judgment, as presented in the Critique of Judgment, is analyzed as an autonomous faculty capable of generating new principles in response to the contingencies of life. Utilizing Catherine Malabous contemporary interpretation of Kant, the article advocates for a dynamic and evolving structure of the transcendental, at least within the framework of reflective judgment. This argument also calls for a reinterpretation of the concept of the transcendental.

 This article re-examines Kants transcendental concept in the context of life and reflective judgment. It explores the origins of a priori concepts, arguing, based on the preformation-epigenesis opposition emphasized in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Judgment, that a priori concepts are not pre-given but may be based on an epigenetic model of self-generation. Drawing on Blumenbachs concept of Bildungstrieb formative drive, the article highlights the parallels between the development of life forms and the self-formation of rational concepts. In this context, it is argued that the relationship between reason and life, as discussed in the Critique of Judgment, transforms concepts such as causality and contingency. Reflective judgment, as presented in the Critique of Judgment, is analyzed as an autonomous faculty capable of generating new principles in response to the contingencies of life. Utilizing Catherine Malabous contemporary interpretation of Kant, the article advocates for a dynamic and evolving structure of the transcendental, at least within the framework of reflective judgment. This argument also calls for a reinterpretation of the concept of the transcendental.

 This article re-examines Kants transcendental concept in the context of life and reflective judgment. It explores the origins of a priori concepts, arguing, based on the preformation-epigenesis opposition emphasized in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Judgment, that a priori concepts are not pre-given but may be based on an epigenetic model of self-generation. Drawing on Blumenbachs concept of Bildungstrieb formative drive, the article highlights the parallels between the development of life forms and the self-formation of rational concepts. In this context, it is argued that the relationship between reason and life, as discussed in the Critique of Judgment, transforms concepts such as causality and contingency. Reflective judgment, as presented in the Critique of Judgment, is analyzed as an autonomous faculty capable of generating new principles in response to the contingencies of life. Utilizing Catherine Malabous contemporary interpretation of Kant, the article advocates for a dynamic and evolving structure of the transcendental, at least within the framework of reflective judgment. This argument also calls for a reinterpretation of the concept of the transcendental.

 Bu makale, Kantın transendental kavramını, yaşam ve reflektif yargı bağlamında yeniden incelemektedir. A priori kavramların kökenlerini araştıran makale, Saf Aklın Eleştirisinde ve Yargı Gücünün Eleştirisinde vurgulanan preformasyon-epigenesis karşıtlığından yola çıkarak a priori kavramların verili değil, kendiliğinden oluştuğu epigenetik bir modele dayanabileceğini savunur. Bu noktada, Blumenbachın Bildungstrieb oluşum dürtüsü kavramından da yararlanılarak, yaşam formlarının gelişimi ile rasyonel kavramların kendi kendine oluşumu arasındaki paralelliklere işaret edilmektedir. Bu bağlamda, Yargı Gücünün Eleştirisinde, akıl ve yaşam arasındaki ilişkinin, nedensellik ve olumsallık gibi kavramları dönüşüme uğrattığı iddia edilmektedir. Bu bağlamda, Yargı Gücünün Eleştirisindeki reflektif yargı, yaşamın olumsallıklarına yanıt olarak yeni ilkeler yaratabilen otonom bir yeti olarak analiz edilmektedir. Catherine Malabounun çağdaş Kant yorumundan da yararlanan makale, transendentalin, en azından reflektif yargı çerçevesinde dinamik ve evrim geçiren bir yapısının olduğunu savunmaktadır. Bu sav aynı zamanda transendental kavramının yeniden yorumlanmasını talep etmektedir.

Makale detayları

Rethinking Kant’s Transcendental Concept in the Context of Life and Reflective Judgment

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Barış Albayrak

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kıta Felsefesi

Dergi:

Felsefe Arkivi Issue 62, pp.96-107

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355042

pISSN:

0378-2816

Kant

transcendental

reflective judgement

life

causalityKant

transendental

reflektif yargı

yaşam

nedensellik

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Mehmet Barış Albayrak

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Kıta Felsefesi

Dergi: Felsefe Arkivi Issue 62, pp.96-107

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355042

pISSN: 0378-2816

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Barış Albayrak

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kıta Felsefesi

Dergi:

Felsefe Arkivi Issue 62, pp.96-107

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355042

pISSN:

0378-2816