General Logic and Transcendental Logic: the logical origins of Kant's Critique of pure reason

Abstract

The general objective of this work is to expose and compare Aristotle's general logic and Kant's transcendental logic, from the point of view of their internal divisions, in order to show their similarities and differences. The problem examined here is the following: where do the form and content of the divisions of “Transcendental logic”, of the Critique of pure reason, originate? The hypothesis defended is that, in terms of form, such divisions originate from the division of Aristotelian logic and, in terms of content, they come from the conception of Wolff's logic - being emphasized here, for the sake of delimitation, only the analysis formal. In the end, I intend to show that the general conception of transcendental logic, initially elaborated in the Critique of pure reason and later reproduced in the other two Critiques, results from this double influence originating from the logic of Aristotle and Wolff on Kant's theoretical philosophy.