Leaving the Enchanted World Behind
Kant on the Order of Nature, Empirical Space and the Possibility of Miracles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20510451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pavel Reichl (0000-0002-2517-9313, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-125 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kantian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1369415418000547 |
| OpenAlex | W2914332282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Despite relative neglect in the literature, Kant’s published and unpublished writings in theoretical philosophy reveal a sustained and at times ambivalent effort to come to terms with the problem of miracles. Because they entail a form of supernatural causation that undermines the law-governedness of the order of nature, miracles pose a significant problem for Kant’s metaphysics. I explore in detail Kant’s account of miracles in conjunction with the relevant aspects of his metaphysics of nature in order to establish in what sense miracles are possible, and how they fit into Kant’s architectonic more generally
Ambivalence · Causation · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |