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Chapter 5 - Space, Pure Intuition, and Laws in the Metaphysical Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2022

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James Messina
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Michael Bennett McNulty
Michael Bennett McNulty
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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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In the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Kant’s project is to provide the metaphysical basis for a proper science of matter. What he calls a special metaphysics of corporeal nature involves determining the powers, properties, and laws of matter. These include the fundamental forces of attraction and repulsion, along with their laws of diffusion (treated in the Dynamics chapter), and the three laws of mechanics (treated in the Mechanics chapter). In the preface, Kant indicates that the pure intuition of space (MAN, 4:472) and the “form and principles of outer intuition” have a crucial (though not yet specified) role to play in his project (MAN, 4:478).

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Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science
A Critical Guide
 , pp. 98 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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