Kant’s dialectics: the doctrine of development or logic of visibility

Authors

  • Tatsiana G. Rumyantseva Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

dialectics, I. Kant, dialectics of G. W. F. Hegel, pre-critical period, critical period, doctrine of development, dialecticisation of natural science, logic of visibility, danger to reason

Abstract

The presence of two versions of dialectics in the philosophical work of I. Kant is noted: the first one, proposed by him in the pre-critical period, is connected with the traditional doctrine of development, opposing mechanicism and speculative metaphysics; the second one, developed in the critical period, is the logic of appearances, what the mind has to overcome on the way to truth. It is shown that in the pre-critical period the philosopher initiated the process of spontaneous dialectisation of natural sciences and posed a number of questions far beyond Newtonian mechanicism.

Author Biography

  • Tatsiana G. Rumyantseva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (philosophy), full professor; professor at the department of philosophy of culture, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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Published

2025-07-10

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No. 2 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

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History of Philosophy

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Rumyantseva, T.G. 2025. Kant’s dialectics: the doctrine of development or logic of visibility. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 2 (Jul. 2025), 4–7.