Abstract
In this article, I discuss Kant’s possibility proof (i.e. Kant’s pre-critical attempt to prove the existence of God), and in contrast to some interpreters who claim that Kant was unwilling or unable to dismiss the proof, I argue that Kant himself examines and demolishes it in the Critique of Pure Reason. Moreover, I argue that since the possibility proof is vitiated by a quantifier-shift fallacy, Kant’s rebuttal depends solely upon logical analysis.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 459-469 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Rivista di Filosofia |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2025 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Kant
- Possibility proof
- Quantifier-shift fallacy
- Rational theology
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