Where Do All These Ideas Come From? Kant on the Formation of Concepts Under the Guidance of Pure Reason

Abstract It is not just rationalist metaphysics, but also Kant’s transcendental philosophy that teeming with a priori concepts. According to Kant, some of these concepts are “ideas,” and similar the categories, ideas in turn belong nature human reason, while others can be derived from them. therefore part claim “Transcendental Dialectic” able explain only leading rational psychology, cosmology, theology as natural origin entire vocabulary metaphysica specialis well. This article outlines how derivations work. After explaining classification derivation ideas, his explored more detail using example pure doctrine soul. contributes better understanding theory philosophical shedding light on rather rarely treated topic Dialectic.”