The forms of “composition” and the role of mediating concepts in Kant’s Opus postumum

Gualtiero Lorini*

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Abstract

The paper claims that in Kant’s Opus postumum the concept of coordination/composition is particularly suitable to assume a value that goes beyond the formal and normative aspect and encompasses also the material and descriptive domain. In this framework a crucial function is played by the Mittelbegriffe/Zwischenbegriffe, through which Kant seems to finally reach a promising way to explain how the understanding could concretely provide nature with a legislation, whose action can be seen as intrinsic to matter.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerspectives on Kant’s Opus postumum
EditorsAnsgar Lyssy Giovanni Pietro Basile
Pages91-107
Number of pages17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Kant, Opus postumum, composition, mediating concepts

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