We point out and analyze some striking analogies between Kant’s transcendental method in philosophy and Bohr’s approach of the fundamental issues raised by quantum mechanics. We argue in particular that some of the most controversial aspects of Bohr’s views, as well as the philosophical concerns that led him to endorse such views, can naturally be understood along the lines of Kant’s celebrated...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects, if any, of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program over a certain period of time on the degree of neuroticism us measured by Defense Mechanism Test (DMT). A group of 15 applicants for pilot training with the Royal Swedish Air Force (RSAF) were chosen as subjects for the investigation. They had all been rejected d...

An attempt is made to suggest an alternative approach to certain of the problems central to transcendental philosophy. In particular, it seems that the present understanding of pre-reflective awareness, of reflection, and of their interrelation can acquire a greater degree of rigour and clarity. To this end, attention is paid to preconditions of reference that are entailed by the phenomenologic...

The paper deals with an attempt to present an “abductive-transcendental” argument in favour of a particular version of structural realism (SR), dubbed Intermediate SR. In the first part of the paper the general structure of transcendental arguments is scrutinized with a close view on Kant’s original version and the prospect of their abductive variation. Then the role of symmetries in modern phy...

Article Luigi Filieri, Anne Pollok (eds.), The Method of Culture. Ernst Cassirer’s Philosophy Symbolic Forms, Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2021, pp. 295, ISBN 8846761006, 9788846761002 was published on September 9, 2022 in the journal Journal Transcendental (volume 0, issue 0).

In this paper I pursue the question whether transcendental explanation in Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre should be regarded as ontologically committed. It is natural to assume that transcendental explanation in the Wissenschaftslehre should be construed non-ontologically: Schulze's criticisms of Kantian philosophy and Jacobi's objection to philosophical justification supply Fichte with motives for...

The present-day architecture of the present era represents the emergence of ethical issues arisingfrom the ideas of the " Modern individual-oriented" and "Pos tmodern being oriented", such as the consideration of personal interes ts and the reduction of human relations. Therefore, the exis tence of such shortcomings requires the identification of an architecture that considers the individ...