Abstract

This chapter analyzes Kant’s ontology of the soul, his related epistemology, and his rejection of rational psychology in his recorded thought from the 1781 _Critique_ through the late 1790s. The chapter is organized as follows. The first section considers the immediate context for the Paralogism within the (1781 and 1787 editions of the) _Critique_. The second section examines the broader post-1780 context for the Paralogisms outside the _Critique_, focusing on Kant’s view that the soul is a substance. The third section considers Kant’s Paralogisms, while the fourth section concludes.