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Single Idea 13732

[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique ]

Full Idea

Kant denied that 'exists' was a predicate that enlarged the concept; he never denied that it was a predicate.

Gist of Idea

Kant never denied that 'exist' could be a predicate - only that it didn't enlarge concepts

Source

report of Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]) by M Fitting/R Mendelsohn - First-Order Modal Logic 8.4

Book Ref

Fitting,M/Mendelsohn,R: 'First-Order Modal Logic' [Synthese 1998], p.171