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Grounds of Existence in Kant's New Elucidation
Authors: Markus Nikkarla
Publisher: CONSEJO SUPERIOR INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS-CSIC, INST FILOSOFIA
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Con-Textos Kantianos International Journal of Philosophy
Journal name in source: CON-TEXTOS KANTIANOS-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY
Journal acronym: CON-TEXTOS KANTIANOS
Issue: 11
First page : 250
Last page: 271
Number of pages: 22
ISSN: 2386-7655
eISSN: 2386-7655
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3865076
Web address : https://www.con-textoskantianos.net/index.php/revista/article/view/483/809?acceptCookies=1
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/48698607
Kant wrote in the Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God (1763), that existence is not a predicate of things. In this paper I argue that his thinking is based on the same view already in the New Elucidation, written in 1755. In this early text, Kant carefully distinguishes the grounds of existence from grounds of knowledge and argues that contingent existence always has an antecedently determining ground. I examine how Kant thinks that God contains the extralogical grounds that are required for things not only to exist but also to undergo change and interact with other things. I also consider briefly how the New Elucidation could help us to understand Kant's mature view on the grounds of existence.
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