Keywords
Constructivism
Analytic-synthetic distinction
Imperatives
Metaethics
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Abstract
The argument developed in this article aims to defend Kant's austere interpretation of constructivism from the objections raised by Jeremy Schwartz (2017) in his article Was Kant a ‘Kantian Constructivist’?. With this in mind, we first reconstruct Schwartz’s interpretation of the analytic-synthetic distinction in the practical sphere based on the contradiction characterization and we indicate objections to its acceptance. In the following, we present the containment characterization of analyticity and how it can be transposed to the case of imperatives without resulting in conflicts with the austere interpretation of constructivism. Finally, considerations are outlined regarding the formality of the constitutive principles of practical reason and their scope, reaching the conclusion that an identity between austere constructivism and practical logicism cannot be established.
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