Número 27 - 2004
Articles

Kant: The Proof of God through Possibility

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  • Ángel Luis González
Ángel Luis González
Universidad Veracruzana

Published 2013-11-28

Keywords

  • Immanuel Kant,
  • proof,
  • argument,
  • existence,
  • God,
  • possibility,
  • precritic period.
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González, Ángel L. (2013). Kant: The Proof of God through Possibility. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, 27(1), 25-49. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v27i1.243
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Abstract

Did Kant always think that there cannot be theoretical proofs of God? In this paper the content of the Kantian work, known as Beweisgrund, within the pre-critic period, is analyzed. The argument of the existence of God through the possibility is expounded with great detail, while focusing on two Kantian statements: "the inner possibility, the essences of things, is that which, if it is suppressed, destroys all what is thinkable" and, therefore, the denial of the existence of God would be a "complete nothingness."

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