Kant's Theory of Error: A Work-Systematic Reconstruction

本研究的目的不仅是从认识论的角度重建康德的错误批判理论，而且要从更广泛的角度研究康德的批判哲学，包括(I)他的先验哲学，(Ii)他的道德哲学，(Iii)他的逻辑，(Iv)他的人类学，(V)他的政治(启蒙)哲学。这个提议的项目追求的一般论点是，康德的批评作品可以通过错误的概念以哲学上极其富有成效的方式展开，因为这个概念允许他的哲学作品中看似完全不同的领域--如他的人类学、逻辑学、伦理学和认识论--相互系统地联系在一起。因此，错误的概念将被证明是一个综合的概念，可以证明康德批判哲学的系统连贯性。这种重建的动机是这样一个事实，即康德在其广泛的工作中对错误的各个地方提出了有趣的评论，但没有将它们置于明确的系统背景中。通过有计划的重建，康德的工作方法将因此成为可能，这种方法不必将自己定位于三种批评的顺序，而是允许它们从关于复杂的错误现象的完全不同的角度展开。康德经常间接地提到错误，使用乍一看似乎与错误无关的概念，如合理化、表象、辩证和自欺欺人的概念。该研究项目旨在将这些概念纳入一种系统的关系，并将它们与错误概念联系起来。研究项目所依据的方法将被称为“工作系统重建”。在下一步中，将使用康德的常识概念(公共感觉)来展示有系统地避免错误的方法和策略。该研究项目的成果将以德文出版一本综合性专著(暂定标题：“康德的伊尔图姆斯理论”)。最重要的系统性见解也应以简明的形式发表在英文期刊文章中。

The aim of this research project is to reconstruct Kant's critical theory of error, not only from an epistemological perspective, but from a broader perspective of his critical philosophy, which includes (i) his transcendental philosophy, (ii) his moral philosophy, (iii) his logic, (iv) his anthropology, and (v) his political (Enlightenment) philosophy. The general thesis pursued in the proposed project is that Kant's critical work can be opened up in a philosophically extremely fruitful way through the concept of error, for this concept allows seemingly disparate areas of his philosophical oeuvre – such as his anthropology, logic, ethics, and epistemology – to be systematically related to one another. The concept of error will thus be shown to be an integrative concept that can demonstrate the systematic coherence of Kant's critical philosophy. Such a reconstruction is motivated by the fact that Kant gives interesting remarks about error in various places of his extensive work, but does not put them into an explicit systematic context. Through the planned reconstruction, an approach to Kant's work shall thus become possible which does not have to orient itself to the sequence of the three Critiques, but rather allows them to be opened up from completely different perspectives with regard to the complex phenomenon of error. Kant often refers to error only indirectly, using concepts that at first glance seem to have nothing to do with it, such as the concept of rationalizing, appearance, dialectic, and self-lie. The research project aims to bring these concepts into a systematic relationship and to relate them to the concept of error. The method on which the research project is based will be called "work-systematic reconstruction". In a further step, Kant's concept of common sense (sensus communis) will be used to show ways and strategies to methodically avoid error. The results of the research project shall be published in a comprehensive monograph in German (working title: "Kants Theorie des Irrtums"). The most important systematic insights shall also be published in condensed form in a journal article in English.