A transcendental argument is a kind of deductive argument that appeals to the necessary conditions that make experience and knowledge possible . Transcendental arguments may have additional standards of justification which are more demanding than those of traditional deductive arguments. The philosopher Immanuel Kant gave transcendental arguments both their name and their notoriety.
27-498: [REDACTED] Look up transcendence , transcendent , or transcendental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transcendence , transcendent , or transcendental may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] Transcendental number , a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients Algebraic element or transcendental element, an element of
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81-404: A 19th-century American religious and philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that transcends the physical and empirical Transcendent theosophy , a school of Islamic philosophy founded by the 17th-century Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra Transcendental idealism , a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant Transcendental realism ,
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135-428: A 2005 science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter Philosophy [ edit ] Transcendence (philosophy) , climbing or going beyond some philosophical concept or limit Transcendentalism , a 19th-century American religious and philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that transcends the physical and empirical Transcendent theosophy , a school of Islamic philosophy founded by
162-478: A 2011 book by Norman E. Rosenthal Transcendence (Salvatore novel) , a 2002 fantasy novel by R. A. Salvatore Transcendence (Sheffield novel) , a 1992 science-fiction novel by Charles Sheffield Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time , a 2019 book by Gaia Vince Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji , a 2015 book by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari Transcendent (novel) ,
189-416: A 2012 instrumental piece Transcendental (album) , a 2006 progressive metal album by To-Mera "Transcendence (Segue)", a 2000 progressive metal instrumental piece by Symphony X from the album V - The New Mythology Suite "Transcendence", a 2008 thrash/melodic death metal track by Sylosis from the album Conclusion of an Age Literature [ edit ] Transcendence (Rosenthal book) ,
216-423: A 2016 American reality television series Transcendence (video game) , a 1995 science-fiction game by George Moromisato See also [ edit ] Transcend (disambiguation) Transcendental Étude (disambiguation) , any of a number of compositions with this title Transcendental whistling , a Daoist technique of long-drawn whistling that functioned as a yogic breath exercise Topics referred to by
243-423: A 2016 American reality television series Transcendence (video game) , a 1995 science-fiction game by George Moromisato See also [ edit ] Transcend (disambiguation) Transcendental Étude (disambiguation) , any of a number of compositions with this title Transcendental whistling , a Daoist technique of long-drawn whistling that functioned as a yogic breath exercise Topics referred to by
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297-435: A concept put forward by Roy Bhaskar Transcendental arguments , a style of philosophical argumentation Transcendental phenomenology , a field of phenomenological inquiry developed by Edmund Husserl Transcendentals , religious and philosophical properties of being Religion [ edit ] Transcendence (religion) , the aspect of a god wholly independent of the material universe Transcendental Meditation ,
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#1732782839392324-420: A field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field Transcendental function , a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials Transcendental number theory , the branch of mathematics dealing with transcendental numbers and algebraic independence Music [ edit ] Transcendence (Adil Omar album) ,
351-541: A meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Transcendentals , religious and philosophical properties of being Other [ edit ] Transcendence (2012 film) , a Chinese film Transcendence (2014 film) , an American film starring Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman Transcendence (band) , an American alternative rock band Transcendence (Jellum) , an outdoor sculpture by Keith Jellum, in Portland, Oregon, US Transcendent (TV series) ,
378-400: A number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients Algebraic element or transcendental element, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field Transcendental function , a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials Transcendental number theory ,
405-424: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages transcendence [REDACTED] Look up transcendence , transcendent , or transcendental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Transcendence , transcendent , or transcendental may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] Transcendental number ,
432-505: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Transcendental arguments Typically, a transcendental argument starts from some proposition , and then makes the case that its truth or falsehood contradicts the necessary conditions for it to be possible to know, think or argue about it. So-called progressive transcendental arguments begin with an apparently indubitable and universally accepted statement about people's experiences of
459-515: The 17th-century Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra Transcendental idealism , a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant Transcendental realism , a concept put forward by Roy Bhaskar Transcendental arguments , a style of philosophical argumentation Transcendental phenomenology , a field of phenomenological inquiry developed by Edmund Husserl Transcendentals , religious and philosophical properties of being Religion [ edit ] Transcendence (religion) ,
486-523: The Understanding'. In the 'Transcendental Aesthetic', Kant used transcendental arguments to show that sensory experiences would not be possible if we did not impose their spatial and temporal forms on them, making space and time "conditions of the possibility of experience". One of the main uses of transcendental arguments is to appeal to something that cannot be consistently denied to counter skeptics' arguments that we cannot know something about
513-581: The aspect of a god wholly independent of the material universe Transcendental Meditation , a meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Transcendentals , religious and philosophical properties of being Other [ edit ] Transcendence (2012 film) , a Chinese film Transcendence (2014 film) , an American film starring Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman Transcendence (band) , an American alternative rock band Transcendence (Jellum) , an outdoor sculpture by Keith Jellum, in Portland, Oregon, US Transcendent (TV series) ,
540-443: The branch of mathematics dealing with transcendental numbers and algebraic independence Music [ edit ] Transcendence (Adil Omar album) , a 2018 hip hop album Transcendence (Alice Coltrane album) , a 1977 jazz album Transcendence (Crimson Glory album) , a 1988 heavy metal album Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project album) , a 2016 heavy metal album "Transcendence" (Lindsey Stirling instrumental) ,
567-460: The conditions that make a theoretical (or scientific) attitude of thought (not just the process of thinking, as in Kant) possible. In particular, he showed that theoretical thought is not independent (or neutral) of pre-commitments and relationships but are rather grounded in commitments, attitudes, and presuppositions that are "religious" in nature. C.S. Lewis made transcendental arguments to prove
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#1732782839392594-530: The existence of God and refute naturalism . It was Immanuel Kant who gave transcendental arguments their name and notoriety. It is open to controversy, though, whether his own transcendental arguments should be classified as progressive or regressive. In the Critique of Pure Reason (1781) Kant developed one of philosophy's most famous transcendental arguments in 'The Deduction of the Pure Concepts of
621-408: The mind . Briefly, Kant shows that: He has not established that outer objects exist, but only that the concept of them is legitimate, contrary to idealism. Robert Lockie makes a transcendental argument for libertarian free will : However, not all use of transcendental arguments is intended to counter skepticism. The Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd used transcendental critique to establish
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702-609: The skeptic, e.g., the fact that we have experience of a causal and spatiotemporal world, and show that certain notions are implicit in our conceptions of such experience. Regressive transcendental arguments are more conservative in that they do not purport to make substantive ontological claims about the world. Regressive transcendental arguments take the form of modus tollens with modal operators : Transcendental arguments are often used to refute skepticism . For example: Kant uses an example in his refutation of idealism . Idealists believe that objects have no existence independent of
729-400: The world. They use this to make substantive knowledge-claims about the world, e.g., that it is causally and spatiotemporally related. They start with what is left at the end of the skeptic's process of doubting. Progressive transcendental arguments take the form of modus ponens with modal operators : Regressive transcendental arguments, on the other hand, begin at the same point as
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