Psychic functions. Intuition, representation, judgment (1)

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Subject of the seminar
Hannah Arendt: Classification of the psychic faculties
The " Thinking, Willing, Judging " triad
Arendt's two theses
- 1) basic psychic activities cannot be derived from one another;
- 2) they cannot be reduced to a common denominator
Arendt's source: Kant
The structure of psychic phenomena according to Arendt: the " Two-in-one
The difference between thinking and willing: dialogue and dissension
The conflict of will(velle) and no-will(nolle) as a condition of freedom
The nature of judgment
Aesthetic judgment according to Kant
Brentano: Psychology from an empirical point of view (1874)
Brentano's classification of psychic phenomena
The Kantian triad: " Erkennen, Fühlen, Wollen "
Kant's predecessors : Tetens and Mendelssohn
Relationship between the three fundamental psychic activities and the three Critiques
The Critique of Pure Reason relates to the faculty of knowledge insofar as it contains the principles of knowledge; the Critique of Judgment relates to the faculty of knowledge insofar as it contains the principles of feeling; the Critique of Practical Reason relates to the faculty of knowledge insofar as it contains the principles of desire
Two of Kant's theses, according to Brentano
- 1) none of the three fundamental psychic activities (knowing, feeling, willing) can be deduced from another, or
- 2) be reduced with them to a third as their origin
Radicality, imperishability, irreducibility to a third party. Justification of each thesis
Heterogeneity of desire and pleasure: desire is objectual; pleasure is subjective
Heterogeneity of desire and knowledge: desire is an aspiration to the realization of an object; knowledge takes it as it is
The distinction between Erkenntnisvermögen, Gefühl der Lust und Unlust and Begehrungsvermögen is the foundation of critical philosophy
The mediating role of the "Third Critique
An analogy of structure and function between feeling and judgment carries and articulates the system of critical philosophy, that of the psychic faculties and that of philosophy in general
Who comes after Kant?
Arendt's thesis: nobody
Elements for another "history
From Scottish to Austrian philosophy.