Making Sense of Kant's Schematism

Abstract

The opaqueness and obscurity of Schematism chapterthe chapter Kant himself thought to be one of most important pieces of Critique, and to Hegel paid tribute as being among finest pages of entire Kantian oeuvre-has often been stressed, with undertones ranging from wonder to irritation. From among earliest statements we recall F. H. Jacobi's assessment of schematism as the most wonderful and most mysterious of all unfathomable mysteries and wonders..., and Schopenhauer's characterization of schematism as a curiosity which is famous for its profound darkness, because nobody has yet been able to make sense of it.... Eva Schaper1