() Kant - [1790] [n.d.] - The Critique of Judgement (trans. James C. Meredith) (copy 1)电子版

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1、CritiqueOfJudgement,The1790THECRITIQUEOFJUDGEMENTbyImmanuelKanttranslatedbyJamesCreedMeredithPREFACEPREFACETOTHEFIRSTEDITION1790.Thefacultyofknowledgefromaprioriprinciplesmaybecalledpurereason,andthegeneralinvestigationintoitspossibilityandboundstheCritiqueofPureReason.Thisispermissiblealtho

2、ugh"purereason,"aswasthecasewiththesameuseoftermsinourfirstwork,isonlyintendedtodenotereasoninitstheoreticalemployment,andalthoughthereisnodesiretobringunderreviewitsfacultyaspracticalreasonanditsspecialprinciplesassuch.ThatCritiqueis,then,aninvestigationaddressedsimplytoourfacultyofknowingt

3、hingsapriori.Henceitmakesourcognitivefacultiesitssoleconcern,totheexclusionofthefeelingofpleasureordispleasureandthefacultyofdesire;andamongthecognitivefacultiesitconfinesitsattentiontounderstandinganditsaprioriprinciples,totheexclusionofjudgementandreason,(facultiesthatalsobelongtotheoretic

4、alcognition,)becauseitturnsoutinthesequelthatthereisnocognitivefacultyotherthanunderstandingcapableofaffordingconstitutiveaprioriprinciplesofknowledge.Accordinglythecritiquewhichsiftsthesefacultiesoneandall,soastotrythepossibleclaimsofeachoftheotherfacultiestoashareintheclearpossessionofknow

5、ledgefromrootsofitsown,retainsnothingbutwhatunderstandingprescribesaprioriasalawfornatureasthecomplexofphenomena-theformofthesebeingsimilarlyfurnishedapriori.Allotherpureconceptsitrelegatestotherankofideas,*whichforourfacultyoftheoreticalcognitionaretranscendent;thoughtheyarenotwithouttheiru

6、senorredundant,butdischargecertainfunctionsasregulativeprinciples.**Fortheseconceptsservepartlytorestraintheofficiouspretentionsofunderstanding,which,presumingonitsabilitytosupplyaprioritheconditionsofthepossibilityofallthingswhichitiscapableofknowing,behavesasifithadthusdeterminedthesebound

7、sasthoseofthepossibilityofallthingsgenerally,andpartlyalsotoleadunderstanding,initsstudyofnature,accordingtoaprincipleofcompleteness,unattainableasthisremainsforit,andsotopromotetheultimateaimofallknowledge.*[ThewordisdefinedinSS17&SS57RemarkI.SeeC