Abstract

The present publication is a tribute to the late Valério Rohden, the chief mentor of Kantian studies in Brazil over the last four decades. It contains a translation of the Deduction of the Categories as it is found in the first edition of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. The translation is complemented with some notes bearing on possible diverging interpretations of a part of the text, indicating eventual ambiguities of Kant’s original formulation and suggesting alternative renditions where appropriate.

Keywords: Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, Deduction of the Categories in edition A