“认识”与“思想”的区分及其意义——对《纯粹理性批判》第二版序文的微观考察

On Division between "Know" and "Think" and Its Significance——A Micro Study on Kant's Preface to the Second Edition Critique of Pure Reason

在康德《纯粹理性批判》第二版序文的一段表述中,康德明确提到这样一个观点:认识不同于思想。正是人的“思想”这一功能,保证了物自体、本体和自由等超越经验的理念存在的可能性,也为人能够拥有一个无限的、永恒的世界提供了可能,同时也为康德对道德哲学和宗教哲学的论证提供了根基。

In his preface to second edition of Critique of Pure Reason, Kant explicitly puts forward the idea that “know” is different from “think”. Like some other divisions he has made concerning “Appearance” and “Thing In its Self”, “Phenomenon” and “Noumena”, “Nature” and “Freedom”, the division under discussion constitutes one of the basic pair of concepts in Kant＇ philosophy. The function of “think” makes it possible for notions such as “Thing in its self”, Noumena, and Freedom to exist. Meanwhile, it has also paved the way for Kant＇ s Moral philosophy and religion philosophy as well.