Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introductory Notes
Chapter1 The Cogito Proposition of Descartes and Characteristics of His Ego Theory
Introduction
Section1 The twofold aspect of the proposition ‘I think, therefore I am’
Section2 ‘I think, therefore I am’as an axiomatic proposition
Section3 Differences in the reasoning behind the formulation the proposition ‘I think, therefore I am’
Section4 Descartes’criticism of Aristotelian physics and its methodological significance
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter2 Kant’s Criticism of Rational Psychology and His Theory of the Transcendental Ego
Introduction
Section1 The phrase ‘the proposition, I think, (taken problematically)’
Section2 The concept of transcendental personality
Section3 The peculiarity of the psychological idea
Section4 The peculiarity of the paralogism of simplicity
Section5 The transcendental subject as the subject of inherence
Section6 Kant’s theory of the community of substances
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter3 Kant’s Criticism of Rational Psychology and the Ontological Aspect of His Ego Theory
Introduction
Section1 Kant’s references to the existential aspect of the Cogito
Section2 The phrase ‘the singular representation, I am’
Section3 ‘I think’and inner perception
Section4 The ‘I think’as a proposition which includes an existence
Section5 Interpretation of the footnote on pages B422-423
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter4 Kant’s Ego Theory and Its Historical Background
Introduction
Section1 The Copernican revolution in epistemology
Section2 Paradigm shift in philosophy from Descartes’ego theory to Kant’s ego theory
Section3 Kant’s reference to the clarity of representations in his criticism of
rational psychology
Section4 Further Comments on Kant’s reference the clarity of representations
Section5 Descartes’influence on Kant’s procedure of his criticism of rational psychology
Conclusion
Notes