Saturday, October 20, 2012
Reason, Attraction, Repulsion
Absent the premise that Reason--i. e. Pure Practical Reason, its fundamental mode, according to Kant--is a supernatural faculty which he maintains on perhaps only theological grounds, as has been previously discussed, it can be re-conceived in his system as a 'dynamic force'. As such, functioning as a constraint on impulses, it can be classified as an 'attractive' force. Or, alternatively, functioning as resistance to external stimuli, it can be classified as a 'repulsive' force. So, there is at least prima facie evidence that Reason, like any other existent, is constituted by Attraction and Repulsion.
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