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Kant's A Priori Intuition of Space Independent of Postulates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2012

Edgar J. Valdez
Edgar J. Valdez*
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Seton Hall University
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Abstract

Defences of Kant's foundations of geometry fall short if they are unable to equally ground Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries. Thus, Kant's account must be separated from geometrical postulates. I argue that characterizing space as the form of outer intuition must be independent of postulates. Geometrical postulates are then expressions of particular spatializing activities made possible by the a priori intuition of space. While Amit Hagar contends that this is to speak of noumena, I argue that a Kantian account of space as the form of outer attention-directing remains seated in the subject.

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Kantian Review , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , 27 January 2012 , pp. 135 - 160
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Copyright © Kantian Review 2012

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