From Kant to Husserl

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In this work, Charles Parsons examines a range of historical opinions on philosophical questions, spanning mathematics to phenomenology. He builds on his earlier ideas about Kant’s philosophy of arithmetic, utilizing Kant’s lectures on metaphysics to explore the relationship between arithmetical concepts and categories. Parsons also investigates early reactions from Kant’s successors, Johann Schultz and Bernard Bolzano, to clarify interpretations of Kant’s philosophy of mathematics. Additionally, he delves into Kant’s notion of “pure natural science,” analyzing the connections between the first Critique and the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science. His commentary on Kant’s Transcendental Aesthetic shifts focus from mathematics to the implications for Kant’s transcendental idealism. In the realm of phenomenology, Parsons discusses Frege’s evolving concept of extensions, his views on set theory, and his correspondence with Russell and Husserl. An essay on Brentano presents an alternative to the standard Fregean view of negation and explores contemporary alternatives to the traditional correspondence view of truth. The work concludes with an essay addressing why Husserl did not adopt the “linguistic turn,” marking Parsons’s only extensive discussion of Husserl despite his long-standing engagement with the philosopher.