Kant’s Categories of Quantity and Quality, Reconsidered: From the Point of View of the History of Logic and Natural Science

Abstract According to Kant, the division of categories “is not result a search after pure concepts undertaken at haphazard,” but is derived from “complete” classification judgments developed by traditional logic. However, sorts that he enumerates in his table are all ones logic has dealt with; consequently, we must say chose question with certain intention. Besides, know choice and strongly influenced views natural science fully accepts. For this reason, argumentations sometimes seriously inconsistent. As Kant’s categories, many problems have already been pointed out, paper, I take up quantity quality once more, make clear argumentations’ hidden its distortion point view history science. First, confirm there non-negligible explanation effect derivation based on judgments. Next, reconsider meaning treating as understanding. Finally, conclude having recourse Kant tried unjustly apriorize distinction between “extensive magnitude” “intensive long formational since Aristotle.