Marcel Chelba – Preliminaries for a Pure Epistemological Interpretation of the Antinomy of Pure Reason (Second Edition)

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A transcendental epistemological reading of Kant’s antinomy of pure reason and its relevance for modern science.

This book proposes a systematic reinterpretation of Kantian critical philosophy as a transcendental epistemology and explores its relevance for contemporary physics, logic, and philosophy of science.

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About the Book

Preliminaries for a Pure Epistemological Interpretation of the Antinomy of Pure Reason develops a unified epistemological reading of Kant’s critical project, centred on the antinomy of pure reason as the structural core of transcendental philosophy.

The book argues that Kant’s critical solution to metaphysical conflict is not merely a limitation of knowledge, but the foundation of a new epistemological paradigm — one that anticipates key developments in modern physics, probabilistic logic, and philosophy of science.

Special attention is given to:

  • The antinomy of pure reason as a structural phenomenon of thought
  • The relationship between empirical and transcendental knowledge
  • The role of productive imagination in scientific discovery
  • The epistemological meaning of uncertainty in modern physics
  • The rehabilitation of metaphysics as a critical discipline

Intellectual Context

The work places Kant in dialogue with:

  • modern physics
  • contemporary epistemology
  • philosophy of science
  • transcendental and post-transcendental philosophy

Without reducing philosophy to scientific discourse, the book shows how modern science implicitly confirms key Kantian insights about the conditions of knowledge.

For Whom This Book Is Written

This book is intended for:

  • philosophers
  • students of philosophy
  • researchers in philosophy of science
  • readers interested in Kant, epistemology, and foundations of science

Author

Marcel Chelba is the author of Introducere critică (2004) and works on transcendental epistemology, philosophy of science, and the conceptual foundations of modern physics.

Technical Details

Language: English
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Kantinomus Verlag e.U.
ISBN (2nd ed.): 978-3-911041-27-0

This work is part of an ongoing philosophical project exploring epistemological stereoperspectivism and the transcendental foundations of scientific knowledge.

The text published here is provided as a sample only.

The complete book can be purchased on Leanpub.”

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