As representações sem consciência em Kant

Abstract

Kant develops the theme of representations without consciousness, obscure and unconscious in a fragmentary and scattered manner throughout their works. Therefore, this paper aims initially identify and group several passages in which Kant deals of this matter in several of his texts, and posteriorly analyze and relate their ideas to form a comprehensive and articulated vision about this class special of representations. The views expressed in this paper are as follows: first, indicate that Kant understands the representations without consciousness in sense close to the no conscious representations; second, to show that the representations without consciousness (or no conscious) constitute the broader genre in which are contained the obscure and unconscious representations; third, argue that these two kinds of representations without consciousness are not defined in absolute terms, but in relation to the notion of degrees and attention deficits, respectively; fourth, propose that the representations without consciousness in Kant can be called obscure or indistinct perceptions, while opposed to representations with consciousness, which can be designated as clear or distinct perceptions.