The purpose of this article is to show that there are in Kant at least two reading approaches to Spinoza’s philosophy: one we call ‘cosmological’ and one we call ‘ontological’. In virtue of the first reading, Spinoza can be traced, as Omri Boehm has said, in the antitheses of the antinomies of the first Critique, in virtue of the second reading instead, Spinoza cannot be identified as representative of the antithesis of the antinomies, because his philosophy denies any series and, hence, the very possibility of something like a ‘world’. Paper’s focus concerns Kant’s concept of totality and seeks to show that Kant’s confrontation with Spinoza is essential to understand the critical notion of "das Ganze".
Substantia or Machina. Kant’s double reading of Spinoza
sandra Viviana palermo
2020-01-01
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to show that there are in Kant at least two reading approaches to Spinoza’s philosophy: one we call ‘cosmological’ and one we call ‘ontological’. In virtue of the first reading, Spinoza can be traced, as Omri Boehm has said, in the antitheses of the antinomies of the first Critique, in virtue of the second reading instead, Spinoza cannot be identified as representative of the antithesis of the antinomies, because his philosophy denies any series and, hence, the very possibility of something like a ‘world’. Paper’s focus concerns Kant’s concept of totality and seeks to show that Kant’s confrontation with Spinoza is essential to understand the critical notion of "das Ganze".I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
