The Antinomy of Thought: Maimomian Skepticism and the Relation between Thoughts and Objects (Nijhoff International Philosophy Series)

Jan Bransen. Revision Of Thesis (doctoral)--university Of Utrecht. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preface......Page 2 Introduction......Page 9 PART I: FINDING AND MAKING: ACCOUNTS OF THOUGHT IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY......Page 12 Introduction......Page 13 1. Rosenberg: Science as the Making of Finding......Page 15 2. Rorty: Bildung Without Mirrors - Making Rather Than Finding......Page 28 3. Nagel: Finding as Making From Nowhere......Page 41 Conclusion......Page 55 PART II: SALOMON MAIMON AND THE ANTINOMY OF THOUGHT......Page 57 Introduction......Page 58 4. Salomon Maimon's Reading of Kant......Page 62 5. The Value of Skepticism......Page 102 6. The Failure of Dogmatism......Page 140 Conclusion......Page 169 Postscript: Irony: A Change of Attitude......Page 173 Appendix......Page 189 Literature......Page 190 Index......Page 199 Book by Bransen, J.A.M