Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics: Volume 1, The Critical Philosophy and its Roots

Carl Posy is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is editor of Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics: Modern Essays (1992) and has written extensively on the philosophy of mathematics as well as on Kant. Ofra Rechter is a member of the philosophy department at Tel-Aviv University. Her work focuses on Kant within the philosophy of mathematics and its history, and she has published a number of papers on Kant's philosophy of arithmetic.

Introduction; Part I. Roots: 1. Kant and Mendelssohn on the use of signs in mathematics Katherine Dunlop; 2. Of griffins and horses: mathematics, metaphysics and Kant's critical turn Carl Posy; 3. Kant on mathematics and the metaphysics of corporeal nature: the role of the infinitesimal Daniel Warren; Part II. Method and Logic: 4. Kant's theory of mathematics: what theory of what mathematics? Jaakko Hintikka; 5. Singular terms and intuitions in Kant: a reappraisal Mirella Capozzi; 6. Kant and the character of mathematical inference Desmond Hogan; Part III. Space and Geometry: 7. Kant on parallel lines: definitions, postulates, and axioms Jeremy Heis; 8. Continuity, constructibility, and intuitivity Gordon Brittan; 9. Space and geometry in the B deduction Michael Friedman; Part IV. Arithmetic and Number: 10. Arithmetic and the conditions of possible experience Emily Carson; 11. Kant's philosophy of arithmetic: an outline of a new approach Daniel Sutherland; 12. The critique of pure reason on arithmetic W. W. Tait.