Motion and the affection argument

Colin McLear

pp. 4979-4995

in: Stefano Cossara, Jean-Baptiste Rauzy, Xiaoxing Zhang (eds), Cartesian epistemology, Synthese 195 (11), 2018.

Abstract

In the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Kant presents an argument for the centrality of  to our concept . This argument has long been considered either irredeemably obscure or otherwise defective. In this paper I provide an interpretation which defends the argument’s validity and clarifies the sense in which it aims to show that  is fundamental to our conception of matter.

Cited authors

Kant Immanuel