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by Rae Langton


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In this refreshing and exceptional work, Rae Langton offers a new interpretation and defense of Kant's doctrine of "things in themselves." Kant distinguishes things in themselves from phenomena, thus making a metaphysical distinction between intrinsic and relational properties of substances. Langton argues that his claim that we have no knowledge of things in themselves is not idealism, but epistemic humility; we have no knowledge of the intrinsic properties of substances. This interpretation vindicates Kant's scientific realism and shows his primary/secondary quality distinction to be superior even to modern day competitors. And it answers the famous charge that Kant's tale of things in themselves is one that makes itself untellable.

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Kant affirms the existence of things in themselves and speaks of them affecting our minds, and being the cause of appearances.

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  • Title Kantian Humility ' Our Ignorance of Things in Themselves '
  • Author Rae Langton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New Ed
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher OUP Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Date 2001-03-29
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780199243174 / 0199243174
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.52 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.32 cm)
  • Reading level 1310
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Dewey Decimal Code 111

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Rae Langton is Professor of Philosophy at MIT. She has been affiliated with Monash University, the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Sheffield University, and the University of Edinburgh.
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