O A DOUA CRITICĂ A RAȚIUNII TEORETICE? CONCEPTUL CUNOAȘTERII ÎN TRACTATUS

Abstract

Is there a relationship between the goals pursued and presented in the Critique of Pure Reason and in Tractatus logico-philosophicus? This text argues that such a relationship will be ascertained if we will compare Kant’s answer to the question “How are synthetic a priori judgments possible?” with the Tractarian answer to the question “How are propositions of natural science possible?”. Based on this comparison, the Tractatus may be deemed to be a “new critique of theoretical reason”. As in the case of the critique of theoretical reason undertaken by Kant, the object of Tractarian investigation is constituted by ascertaining internal requirements for possessing knowledge of the world.