PEDRO SOL MENDES MEIRA SANTOS

The problem of the completeness of Kant's table of judgments first appears in literature in an unanswered letter from Georg Mellin, a student of Kant, who inquired how one could deduce the completeness of this table. Kant's concise exposition of the table of judgments, simultaneous with its importance regarding the formation of the table of categories, led to extensive exploration of this theme by both critics and commentators. The question resurfaces in the second half of the 20th century with figures like Klaus Reich, and in the 21st century with names such as Michael Wolff - both contributing works titled "The Completeness of Kant's Table of Judgments". Completeness, for Kant, stands as a criterion of systematicity that pervades his philosophy. Within it, at least two elements stand out: all elements must arise from a common principle and cannot have either more or fewer than the number presented. The work in question seeks to understand how it is possible to grasp Kant's understanding of his claim of completeness in the context of the table of judgments; in short: why there cannot be more or fewer forms of judgments.