Volume-I, Issue-IV, May 2025
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
| Volume-I, Issue-IV, May, 2025 |
Immanuel Kant’s Metaphysical Perspectives: Innovative Insights Baby Mondal, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Philosophy, Trivenidevi Bhalotia College, West Bengal, IndiaEmail: mondal.babyju1992@gmail.com |
Received: 28.05.2025 | Accepted: 29.05.2025 | Published Online: 31.05.2025 |
Page No: 284-289 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.1.issue.04W.031 | |
Abstract | ||
What is metaphysics? It is
not easy to say. If we look to work in metaphysics, we will find different
characteristics. Sometimes it seems that metaphysics is descriptive in nature
and sometimes they are normative. However, disagreements about the nature
of metaphysics are associated with its long history. Metaphysics has been
practiced for more than 2000 years. As a result, there is a problem in defining
the subject matter and methodology of metaphysics. Similarly, there is
ambiguity about the origin of the word ‘Metaphysics’. By collecting Aristotle's
untitled writings, his later thinker Andronicus accidentally named it
Metaphysics. Aristotle called it First Philosophy, Theology. The aim of metaphysics
is to attain knowledge or wisdom. From that on time, we understand by
Metaphysics whatever is discussed in this book. The subject matter of
metaphysics is the search for the first cause of reality. However, this first
cause is at the same time the prime being and unmoved mover, which is non-cause
itself, the cause of all driving forces. On the other hand, Metaphysics as a
general being or being qua being which is the first cause of the world.
Aristotle's metaphysical ideas also influenced later philosophers. According to
the medieval philosopher Saint Augustine, God is the metaphysical principle.
God is Immanent and transcendent in the soul. Everything which is related to
God is true. According to Anselm, God is the highest being, which is nothing
greater than its thought. He believes that the real existence of God is derived
from the idea of God. Aquinas criticizes and says that the existence of ideas
can be derived from ideas, not real existence. Like Aristotle, he refers to God
as the first cause and unmoved mover of the world. But in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, metaphysics is not limited to the discussion of first
causes or the general being of the world, but also includes the mind-body
problem, freedom of will, immortality of the soul, etc. Kant criticizes this
type of metaphysics and says knowledge is the result of the combined process of
experience and intellect. The aim of my article is to discuss how Kantian
metaphysics to open a new door to us. Keywords: Metaphysics, Being, Substance,
Form, Matter, Transcendent, Immanent | ||