Schopenhauer on space, time, causality and matter: a physical reexamination

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378636292

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Space, Time, Matter, Modern physics

Abstract

According to Schopenhauer, Kant’s arguments about the transcendental ideality of space and time have implications for matter through the concept of causality and the principle of sufficient reason. In this article, I examine to what extent this principle, together with space, time and causality can be considered a priori concepts in the light of classical and modern physics. The concepts of matter and field in present day physics, and their possible a priori fundaments, are revisited in a modern context.

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Shahen Hacyan, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México

Profesor del Instituto de Física de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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Published

2019-04-30

How to Cite

Hacyan, S. (2019). Schopenhauer on space, time, causality and matter: a physical reexamination. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 10(1), 154–164. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378636292