The Concept of Clarity in the Critique of Pure Reason

Abstract

In KrV B414 n. Immanuel Kant proposes an explanation of the notion of the clarity of our
representations that differs from explanations provided in other contexts and seems to
indicate a gradual aspect of consciousness. The understanding of this passage has indeed
raised lines of interpretation according to which the clarity of representations has a degree
and we are more or less conscious of the contents of the mind. The passage is presented as a
critique of the logical tradition. This article examines the study of the topic in books on logic
and metaphysics and in class notes on logic and anthropology, and compares the claims
present in them with those of the critical text.