想象力与康德认识论

Imaginative Power and Immanuel Kant s Theory of Knowledge

想象力在康德的认识论中是一个不可或缺的要素,发挥着独特的功能:一方面它把感性和知性这两种必要而又功能各异的认识能力联结起来,另一方面它产生的先验图型又把直观和概念这两种不同的知识要素结合起来,从而使知识得以可能。因此想象力尤其是生产性的想象力在康德的整个认识论中占有非常重要的地位。

In Immanual Kants epistemology,imagination is an absolutely necessary and indispensable element which plays an important role for its unique functions.On the one hand,imagination is able to link both perceptual and rational knowledge which is essential respectively with different effect.On the other hand,the transcendental figures and patterns resulted from imagination combine both visible and abstract knowledge,thus make it possible for peoples cognition.Therefore,imagination,especially the faculty of productive power,is of vital significance in Kants theory of knowledge.