The subject of the thesis is the concept of substance, which Kant, under the strong influence of various philosophical schools – such as the Leibniz-Wolff school – develops from the early precritical period to his critical works, reaching its most famous form in the Analytics of Principles of Critique of Pure Reason. The thesis explores the history of Kant's critical concept of substance, its place in the first Critique and its connection with Kant's theory of causality, through which the concept is developed, its scientific significance as the foundation of the empirical concept of matter and finally the relation to both pure senses. The concept of substance is developed first in general form, as set out in Critique, then as it is manifested in the external sense, as it is manifested in the internal sense, and finally in its relation to the idea of science and the concept of natural law.
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