Kant: Tables of Judgment and Category
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TABLE OF JUDGMENTS (p. 107) TABLE OF CATEGORIES (p. 113)
I. Quantity of Judgments: I. Of Quantity : I. Of Quantity:
Universal: All GTOs are cars (“All As are B”) Unity
Particular: Some cars are GTOs (“Some As are B”) Plurality
Singular: This car is a GTO (“A is B”) Totality
II. Quality: II. Of Quality : II. Of Quality:
Affirmative: The GTO is blue (“A is B”/“All As are B”) Reality
Negative: The GTO is not blue (“A is not B”/“No As are B”) Negation
Infinite: The GTO is non-blue (“A is non-B”/“All As are non-B’s”) Limitation
III. Relation: III. Of Relation : III. Of Relation:
Categorical: The car is a GTO (“A is B”) Of Inherence and Subsistence (substantia et accidens )
Hypothetical: If the jack-stands fail, then the GTO will fall to the ground (“If A then B”) Of Causality and Dependence (cause and effect )
Disjunctive: Either the GTO is a convertible or the GTO is a hardtop (“Either it is A or B”) Of Community (reciprocity between agent and patient)
IV. Modality: IV. *Of Modality:
Problematic: Tomorrow, the GTO might run a 10-second quarter mile (“A may/might/could be B”) Possibility—Impossibility
Assertoric: Today, the GTO is running a 10-second quarter mile (“A is B”) Existence—Non-existence
Apodictic: To run the quarter mile the GTO must have fuel (“A must be B”) Necessity—Contingency
[Kant, Critique of Pure Reason , Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, Second Part, Transcendental Logic, (*scientific, methodological—truths and laws of nature )
Transcendental Analytic, Analytic of Concepts. pp. 107, 113. Kemp-Smith, tr. St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1929]