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Vanzo, Alberto (2014) Kant on existential import. Kantian Review, Volume 19 (Number 2). pp. 207-232. doi:10.1017/S1369415414000028 ISSN 1369-4154.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1369415414000028
Abstract
This article reconstructs Kant's view on the existential import of categorical sentences. Kant is widely taken to have held that affirmative sentences (the A and I sentences of the traditional square of opposition) have existential import, whereas negative sentences (E and O) lack existential import. The article challenges this standard interpretation. It is argued that Kant ascribes existential import only to some affirmative synthetic sentences. However, the reasons for this do not fall within the remit of Kant's formal logic. Unlike traditional logic and modern standard quantification theory, Kant's formal logic is free from existential commitments.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Criticism and interpretation | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Kantian Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1369-4154 | ||||||
| Official Date: | July 2014 | ||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 19 | ||||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 26 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 207-232 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1369415414000028 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 December 2015 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 29 December 2015 |
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