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On the Kantian answer to "Kripkenstein"'s rule-following paradox
pp. 67-82
Abstract
This chapter aims to put Saul Kripke's formulation of Wittgensteinian rule-following paradox in the context of Kant's critical philosophy. I attempt to argue that a thorough re-examination of the Kantian critique can contribute to our better understanding of this paradox, because Kant himself strove to overcome a parallel form of scepticism—Hume's. Moreover, I seek to demonstrate that Kantian views on normativity may contribute to avoiding the consequences of "Kripkenstein"'s radicalism without a simultaneous refutation of its main premises. Taking the interlinking between Hume's and Kripkenstein's thinking for a starting point, I attempt to reformulate Kantian arguments against Humean scepticism so that they could be applied to Kripkenstein's paradox. These reflections are organised around two main ideas of Kant's Critique: (1) arguments against the assumption of discontinuity of time; (2) the existence of two formal instances guaranteeing the coherence of experience: namely the "thing-in-itself" and the transcendental unity of apperception (TUA). Reassessment of the Kantian concept of the TUA gives an opportunity to propose a new perspective on normativity, whose core mechanism would lie in our readiness to correct ourselves. Finally, I juxtapose "Kripkenstein" and "Kantstein"—the latter being Kripke's imaginary opponent, who accepts some premises of the rule-following paradox, yet puts them in a broader context which explains our effective usage of rules.
Publication details
Published in:
Araszkiewicz Michał, et al. (2015) Problems of normativity, rules and rule-following. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 67-82
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09375-8_6
Full citation:
Tacik Przemysław (2015) „On the Kantian answer to "Kripkenstein"'s rule-following paradox“, In: M. Araszkiewicz, P. Banaś, T. Gizbert-studnicki & K. Płeszka (eds.), Problems of normativity, rules and rule-following, Dordrecht, Springer, 67–82.


