PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Pure Mathematics, Intersubjectivity, Neurosis
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Unlike the case of pure mathematics in part one, kant rst has to convince us that there is something that can reasonably be called pure natural science". Empirical science" (or sometimes actual science"), which says things like salt is soluble or. Friction generates heat or repression leads to neurosis. instead, a pure natural science" is the body of necessary a priori laws that apply to anything we could ever call natural science". Kant mentions two such laws in 15: the propositions that substance is permanent and every event is determined by a cause according to constant laws [295]. Kant seems to believe, since they clearly include more in the predicate than in the subject. This gives what kant will call in 23 a physiological system" [306]. [2] it may help to have an idea of the overall strategy before diving into the details.
