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Single Idea 24411

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic]

Full Idea

Kant meant by a 'deduction' not a proof of one proposition from another, but a demonstration of the legitimacy of a concept.

Gist of Idea

For Kant a 'deduction' is not a proof, but the validation of a concept

Source

report of Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], 1.1) by Robert Paul Wolff - In Defence of Anarchism 1.1

A Reaction

I assume this leads to Hegel using 'logic' to mean the derivation of the implications of concepts. I can only think that the 'legitimacy' of a concept must refer to the accuracy of its reference. But there are many dimensions to the efficacy of a concept.

Book Reference

Wolff,Robert Paul: 'In Defence of Anarchism' [Harper Torchbooks 1976], p.8