There must be a certain way in which each of a subject's ... — Carmelics

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There must be a certain way in which each of a subject's representations is unified in the subject, and this way is judgment.

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1.Representations must be unified in the subject in some determinate manner.
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2.Judgment is the manner in which given cognitions are brought to the objective unity of apperception (B141).
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1.Hume's bundle theory demonstrates that associative contiguity and resemblance can bind representations without requiring a judging subject.
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2.If Humean association produces functional unity of representations, judgment is sufficient but not necessary for representational unification.
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3.Kant's argument from B141 assumes objective unity requires apperception, but this conflates epistemic normativity with psychological unification.
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