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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankKantandtheMetaphysicsofCausalityThisisabookaboutKant’sviewsoncausalityasunderstoodintheirproperhistoricalcontext.Specifically,EricWatkinsarguesthatagraspofLeibnizianandanti-Leibnizianthoughtineighteenth-centuryGermanyhelpsonetoseehowtheCriticalKantarguedforcausalprincipl
2、esthathavebothmetaphysicalandepistemologicalelements.Onthisreading,Kant’smodelofcausalityconsistsnotofevents,butratherofsubstancesendowedwithcausalpowersthatareexercisedaccordingtotheirnaturesandcircumstances.ThisinnovativeconceptionofKant’sviewofcausalitycastsalightonKant’sphilosophicalbeliefsingen
3、eral,suchashisaccountoftemporality,hisexplanationofthereconciliationoffreedomanddeterminism,andhisresponsetotheskepticalargumentsofHume.EricWatkinsisAssociateProfessorofPhilosophyattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego.ForTeresa,Christa,andNicholasKantandtheMetaphysicsofCausalityERICWATKINSUniversityof
4、California,SanDiegoCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/97805
5、21835671©EricWatkins2005Thisbookisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintformat-----eBook(NetLibrary)---
6、-eBook(NetLibrary)-----hardback----hardback-----paperback----paperbackCambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhisbook,anddoesnotguarant
7、eethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.ContentsAcknowledgmentspageviiANoteonCitationsandTranslationsxiIntroduction1parti:causalityincontext1Pre-establishedHarmonyversusPhy