칸트 인식론에서 표상과 상상력: 심신 상호작용을 중심으로

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to examine the interaction of mind and body by examining the process of concept creation in Kantian epistemology with a focus on representation and imagination. The task of Kant's epistemology is to elucidate and persuade the process by which an object is transformed into a concept. It is the mechanism by which the subject generates concepts from external representations. It contains three key issues. First, through what process does the representation, which is an external sense, combine with the subject to produce a concept? Second, what is the subject that performs thought in this process? Third, how the mind and body interact in the process of combining representation and subjectivity. We are given only the miscellaneous qualities of an object through our five senses. Therefore, in order for the subject to transform into a concept by embodying miscellaneous representations from moment to moment, fundamentally one and the same personality must be presupposed. For this reason, the relationship between representation and subjectivity, the linguistic transformation of the representation, and the nature of the subject become important issues. In particular, the linguistic conversion process of representation is intertwined with not only the relationship between the object and the subject, but also the problem of mind-body interaction related to the creation of a concept through the physical process of the brain. Despite the fact that various scientific explanations have been presented by the recently rapidly developed neuroscience, the problem of mind-body interaction is still in the dark due to the limitations of experience. The author will examine the modern significance of Kant's representation theory by referring to scientific explanations.