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Redegeld, Jeroen Gerardus (2018)

THE THING IN ITSELF IN THE PHILOSOPHIES OF KANT AND HEIDEGGER: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Bachelor thesis | Wijsbegeerte (BA)

This thesis investigates the relation between the Kantian notion of the thing in itself and Heidegger’s analysis of it. Heidegger refuses the thing in itself, however, based on textual evidence, it is argued that Heidegger (implicitly) maintains the concept. The thing in itself is interpreted by Kant in multiple ways, notably as a ‘transcendental object =X’ and as ‘noumenon’. Based on an interpretation of Heidegger’s: Being and Time, Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics, Letter on ‘Humanism’, and Phenomenological Interpretation of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason; and Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, both Kantian interpretations of the thing in itself are found to be implied in Heidegger’s philosophy. This is argued with the problem of transcendence in the background.

Transcendence

Author

Redegeld, Jeroen Gerardus

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Specialisatie Filosofie van mens, techniek en cultuur

Supervisors

Uljée, Rozemund

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en