Du Châtelet’s contribution to the concept of time: history of philosophy between Leibniz and Kant

I investigate Du Châtelet’s contribution to the concept of time and position the relevance and content of that contribution between Leibniz and Kant. I argue that Du Châtelet advances Leibniz’s concept of time by explaining how we form the idea of time in our mind and how time as an ideal being re...

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Auteur principal: Carus, Clara (Auteur)
Format: Chapter/Article
Langue:anglais
Publié: 02 July 2022
In: Époque Émilienne
Year: 2022, Pages: 113-128
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-89921-9_5
Accès en ligne:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89921-9_5
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-89921-9_5
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Notes sur l'auteur:Clara Carus
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Résumé:I investigate Du Châtelet’s contribution to the concept of time and position the relevance and content of that contribution between Leibniz and Kant. I argue that Du Châtelet advances Leibniz’s concept of time by explaining how we form the idea of time in our mind and how time as an ideal being relates to succession in real beings. I show that Du Châtelet, differently to Kant, recognizes the dependency of time in its constitution on succession in “real things” and that her concept of time is in this respect superior to Kant’s. With a detailed investigation into Du Châtelet’s notion of time in its own right and without prematurely “fitting” it into a defined debate between her contemporaries, I am aiming to reveal her original contribution to an understanding of time. I locate her concept of time in a context that is explicitly philosophical in terms of an investigation into how the idea of time is formed and constituted rather than a physical debate on the nature of time as a phenomenon relating to the movement of bodies.
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Description matérielle:Online Resource
ISBN:9783030899219
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-89921-9_5