Alternate Possibilities, Divine Omniscience and Critique of Judgement §76

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20510941
AutoresKimberly Brewer (0000-0002-1481-991X, Indiana University Bloomington, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume26
Fascículo3
Páginas393-412
Data de publicação2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoKantian Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1369415421000194
OpenAlexW3175160528
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas23

A philosophically and historically influential section of the Critique of Judgement presents an ‘intuitive intellect’ as a mind whose representation is limited to what actually exists, and does not extend to mere possibilities. Kant’s paradigmatic instance of such an intellect is however also the divine mind. This combination threatens to rule out the reality of the mere possibilities presupposed by Kant’s theory of human freedom. Through an analysis of the relevant issues in metaphysical cosmology, modal metaphysics and philosophical theology, I show that Kant in fact possesses the resources to reconcile the philosophical claims of §76 of the Critique of Judgement with his keystone commitment to the reality of human freedom

Epistemology · Intellect · Judgement · Metaphysics · Omniscience · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification