What is THIS? "This" forms the basis of a very special power of discriminating and judging. In section 1, Kant wrote: Here the presentation is referred only to the subject, namely, to his feeling of life, under the name feeling of pleasure and displeasure, and this forms the basis of a very special power of discriminating and judging. I am wondering: what specifically "this" refers to? Also, I am wondering is that Kant really use "under the name" of pleasure and displeasure. It seems he uses "the name" on purpose. http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?492,5764,5764#msg-5764 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:40:33 +0800 Phorum 5.2.7 http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?492,5764,5767#msg-5767 Re: What is THIS? "This" forms the basis of a very special power of discriminating and judging. http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?492,5764,5767#msg-5767
Pluhar's English translation: Here the presentation is referred only to the subject, namely, to his feeling of life, under the name feeling of pleasure and displeasure, and this forms the basis of a very special power of discriminating and judging.


1. Pluhar's "this" refers to the subject, as well as, more specifically, the feeling of life. According to the German original, "this" is the translation of the neutral relational pronoun "welches" which can be taken to refer to the antecedent neural noun(s) "das Subjekt", "das Lebensgefühl" or "des Gefühls." Since these neutral nouns are appositives and share the same gender, they all could be taken to be the referent of "whecles". To understand the sentence, we can think as the following:
It is the subject, namely, the feeling of life (in the subject) which is better specified under the name of the feeling of pleasure and displeasure, that forms the basis of the very special power of discriminating and judging.

2. "Name" is not an emphasis here; it is "the feeling of pleasure and displeasure" that matters here. Kant tries to indicate that the "feeling of life" is better understood with, or further specified by, the name of "feeling of pleasure and displeasure" here.]]> gustav Critique of Judgment Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:09:50 +0800 http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?492,5764,5764#msg-5764 What is THIS? "This" forms the basis of a very special power of discriminating and judging. http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?492,5764,5764#msg-5764
Here the presentation is referred only to the subject, namely, to his feeling of life, under the name feeling of pleasure and displeasure, and this forms the basis of a very special power of discriminating and judging.

I am wondering: what specifically "this" refers to?

Also, I am wondering is that Kant really use "under the name" of pleasure and displeasure. It seems he uses "the name" on purpose.]]> HP Critique of Judgment Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:55:11 +0800