Kant's Theory of Mind: An Analysis of the Paralogisms of Pure Reason, Karl Ameriks

p. 4 “I argue that the theory of mind in the Critique is much more traditional and rationalistic than
it at first appears, but that it is also more defensible than is generally recognized.”

5. “The transcendental deduction implies that we can prove certain a priori principles that
structure all our experience. The doctrine of transcendental idealism implies that in some sense
these principles, and so all our objective knowledge, have validity only for us. What I will call the
Copernican image of Kant's philosophy adds to these doctrines by suggesting that the reason we
can be certain of such principles is that we have legislated them ourselves, and it is because we
have legislated them ourselves that we ought not expect them to apply to things in themselves.”

La filosofía no puede ver en la mente un objeto privilegiado, según Kant.

32. “We have already noted that in his initial stage Kant asserts the soul to be both simple and
immaterial. The first claim is based mainly on the unity argument: I am aware of a unity of distinct
thoughts; such a unity could not be had if the thoughts were grounded in distinct substances;
therefore I am a simple being.” Para sostener la inmaterialidad del alma, Kant emplea el
argumento del sentido interno, el cual indica que el alma es inmaterial porque no puede ser un
objeto del sentido externo.