Grounds of Existence in Kant’s New Elucidation

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Con-textos Kantianos-International Journal of Philosophy Pub Date : 2020-06-03 DOI:10.5281/ZENODO.3865076

Markus Nikkarla

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Abstract

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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康德新阐释的存在根据

康德在《证明上帝存在的唯一可能论证》(1763)中写道，存在不是事物的谓词。在本文中，我认为他的思想是基于同样的观点，已经在新阐发，写于1755年。在这篇早期的文章中，康德仔细地区分了存在的依据和知识的依据，并认为偶然存在总是有一个先行的决定依据。我将考察康德如何认为上帝包含了事物不仅存在，而且经历变化和与其他事物相互作用所必需的外逻辑依据。我还简要地考虑了新阐释如何帮助我们理解康德关于存在根据的成熟观点。

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期刊介绍： Con-Textos Kantianos aims at boosting the philological and critical research on Kant studies, considering also actual discussions on Kant''s thought. That is the reason why its heading hints to contexts with texts. Kant shall be the main focus of the journal, which will tackle subjects such as Moral and Political Philosophy, History of Ideas, Philosophy of Right, Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Education, Aesthetics, Anthropology, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Human Rights, Social Policy, Theories of Justice and Cosmopolitanism. CTK aims at being an international and cosmopolitan inspired e-journal, where the Spanish language receives equal acknowledgement as English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese do. The main purposes of the journal are to enhance the development of a Kant scholarship network at the Latin American scale and to tighten the links between research groups already consolidated in different countries and languages. The editorial team, which gathers Kant scholars from Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Spain, will certainly ease the fulfillment of both purposes.