Transcendental Arguments

Structural Realism and Abductive-Transcendental Arguments

The paper deals with an attempt to present an “abductive-transcendental” argument in favour of a particular version of structural realism (SR), dubbed Intermediate SR. In the first part of the paper the general structure of transcendental arguments is scrutinized with a close view on Kant’s original version and the prospect of their abductive variation. Then the role of symmetries in modern phy...

Dedekind Sums with Arguments near Certain Transcendental Numbers

We study the asymptotic behavior of the classical Dedekind sums s(sk/tk) for the sequence of convergents sk/tk k ≥ 0, of the transcendental number

Cassam on the Possibility of Knowledge and Transcendental Arguments

a SPECIAL ISSUE IV, pp. 45 – 57, 2009 CASSAM ON THE POSSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENTS

Transcendental Elitism

Diagonal arguments and fixed points

‎A universal schema for diagonalization was popularized by N.S‎. ‎Yanofsky (2003)‎, ‎based on a pioneering work of F.W‎. ‎Lawvere (1969)‎, ‎in which the existence of a (diagonolized-out and contradictory) object implies the existence of a fixed-point for a certain function‎. ‎It was shown that many self-referential paradoxes and diagonally proved theorems can fit in that schema‎. ‎Here‎, ‎we fi...