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Single Idea 21451

[from 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Immanuel Kant, in 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined ]

Full Idea

All appearances contain that which persists (substance) as the object itself, and that which can change as its mere determination (i.e. the way in which the object exists). ...[2nd ed] In all change of appearances substance persists.

Gist of Idea

All appearances need substance, as that which persists through change

Source

Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781], B224/A182)

Book Reference

Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Pure Reason', ed/tr. Guyer,P /Wood,A W [CUO 1998], p.299


A Reaction

This is a full-blooded commitment by Kant to the traditional Aristotelian concept of a substance which endures through the change in its accidental features. Though in Kant's case the commitment is 'transcendental', not realist.