Kant's antinomies

Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophical Paradoxes and Thought Experiments

Kant's antinomies are contradictions discussed in the Critique of Pure Reason. Kant argued that they arise necessarily when pure reason attempts to cognize transcendent reality. They describe equally rational but contradictory results from applying pure thought to categories concerning sensible experience. Kant held that certain antinomies concerning God and freedom could be resolved as postulates of practical reason. Lewis White Beck suggested that Kant's approach may have been influenced by Zeno's antinomic arguments.

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Source work: Critique of Pure Reason
Associated philosopher: Immanuel Kant
Suggested influence: Zeno's antinomic mode of argument

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