On Kant's "Rational Art Of Construction"

Method is the soul of content, Kant's"problem awareness"and"method awareness"are integral. Facing such fundamental philosophical questions as"what is knowledge,what is science, what is man", how does Kant think and how to make a breakthrough from the method? So this article selected the perspective of"rational construction art", through which to analyze how Kant walk into the"road"of critical philosophy, how to lay a foundation for scientific knowledge and provide a way for human settlement."Rational art of construction"which is rich in content, refers to the system of all human knowledge and the art of constructing such systems;architectonic is both the innate form and in line with the inherent purpose. As the core of a priori methodology, it is the fundamental philosophical method and the association to the"problem","system"and"purpose"of Kant's critical philosophy.By analyzing the content of"architectonic", the article try to seize the basic principles of Kant's critical philosophy and interpret how Kant use his unique approach to such philosophical questions, and exam the construction and purpose of Kantian philosophy.Then the article introduce the historical study of Kant's philosophical method so as to track the clues of his transcendental method in the history.From the content structure, the article first cites on the research topics, examing the basic content of architectonic from both the etymology and text. The second chapter introduces Kant's transcendental methodology as a whole, and clarifies that it is closely related to the other three parts of kant's transcendental methodology.Chapter III are mainly remodeling the rational art of building from a comprehensive perspective, that is following the internal logic and narrative principle"the method closely related to the subject, the system and the purpose"and expanding the"rationality of building"concretely into three components: what is knowledge, what is science and how the system is. The fourth chapter mainly puts forward a review based on the history of philosophy so to explore its historical position and influence.