Abstract

This paper intends to shed light on Kant’s conception of judgement as presented in his Nova Dilucidatio. As he will never revise his particular theory of judgment throughout his life, which will become of utmost importance regarding his three Critiques, we maintain that this constant of Kant’s thought predetermines to a large degree his development towards his Transcendental Philosophy. The identification of this core constant of his philosophy allows us to expose the limitations and problems inherent in this specific conception of judgment and thereby to expose the weak point underlying Kant’s thought, showing that a critique of the Critique has to be essentially a critique of Kant’s conception of judgement.