[lit-ideas] Re: Die Grenzen der Sinnlichkeit
- From: karltrogge@xxxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:29:36 +0200
On 13-Jul-09, at 2:40 AM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
I would welcome an exegesis by P. Enns of the way in which "Deus" is
a sensible concept even for Kant!
Why would Phil Enns bother when I've just given you Strawson
explaining the role the concept 'God' plays in Kant's critical
philosophy - i.e., a regulative one.
Forget about ambiguous, vacuous terms like 'the' 'bounds' 'of' and
'sense' as used by Strawson. Let's stick to German! (Does he say
"Gott" or 'Deus'?)
You'll see it'll all start to sound circular and that Immanuel (or
"Manny" as I call him) could not tell "Gott" from his (Left,
German) Elbow!
A typical otiose Speranzism. You claim - and I quote you verbatim:
"God" for Kant, is not a sensous concept _within our bounds_, so, he
argues, he is meaningless. Strawson, Grice, and I, agree."
As a matter of fact, the quotation I gave from Stawson outlines quite
clearly how a concept like 'God' differs from a concept like 'elbow' -
Kant would have no problem with that at all (and if you know so little
of Kant that you don't see THAT, it's no wonder that you switch from
ineffectual attempt at argument to an ineffectual attempt to cover
your tracks).
YOU are the one who brought up the 'vacuous' terms, claiming agreement
from Strawson and Grice. Phil Enns and I have shown that your claim
about Kant is false, and that you in fact do not have Strawson on your
side - which leads us all naturally to suspect your claim about
Grice. SO - equally naturally - I have asked for some citation
supporting THAT claim. Now you want us to forget the whole thing.
Why don't YOU give us that exegesis? The entire Kant corpus is online,
so we can all follow easily as you go along. Then you can point out
the circularity of Kant's position (maybe like Plato he too was just a
poet and no philosopher, after all - and none of us have noticed. ;-))
Karl Trogge
Hamburg
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