transcendental logic

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noun

1. (in Kantian epistemology) the study of the mind with reference to its perceptions of external objects and to the objective truth of such perceptions.

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Etymology

Origin of transcendental logic

First recorded in 1790–1800

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transcendental logic

Understanding and judgement accordingly possess in transcendental logic a canon of objectively valid, and therefore true exercise, and are comprehended in the analytical department of that logic.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

In like manner, in transcendental logic, infinite must be distinguished from affirmative judgements, although in general logic they are rightly enough classed under affirmative.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

As against a purely formal logic, if such a thing were possible, Dewey's criticism would be valid, but the transcendental logic of his time was not formal in this sense.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

Remaining at the standpoint of Kant, therefore, the critic of the transcendental logic has much to complain of.

From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

In the former part of our transcendental logic, we defined the understanding to be the faculty of rules; reason may be distinguished from understanding as the faculty of principles.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn