Alternate Possibilities, Divine Omniscience and Critique of Judgement §76

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20510941
AutoresKimberly Brewer (0000-0002-1481-991X, Indiana University Bloomington, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen26
Número3
Páginas393-412
Fecha de publicación2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaKantian Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1369415421000194
OpenAlexW3175160528
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias 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