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Kant on the Necessity of Causal Relations

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Published/Copyright: December 8, 2017
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Abstract:

There are two traditional ways to read Kant’s claim that every event necessarily has a cause: the weaker every-eventsome-cause (WCP) and the stronger same-causesame-effect (SCP) causal principles. The debate on whether and where he subscribes to the SCP has focused on the Analogies in the CritiqueofPureReason (Guyer, Allison, and Watkins) and on the MetaphysicalFoundationsofNaturalScience (Friedman). By analysing the arguments and conclusions of both the Analogies and the Postulates, as well as the two Latin principles nondaturcasus and nondaturfatum that summarise their results, I will argue that the SCP is actually demonstrated in the Postulates section of the FirstCritique.

Published Online: 2017-12-8
Published in Print: 2017-12-4

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