Kant e a Causalidade: uma Leitura Baseada na Representação do Tempo

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing the causality principle in the Kantian philosophy trough the argument presented in the Second Analogy of Experience. The main goal is to justify the unrestricted character of the principle of causality, that is, its unrestricted application to all objects of experience, through an argument based on the intuitive and a priori character of the representation of time. The discussion is introduced by a critical analysis of Henry Allison’s interpretation. This analysis, in the second section, explores Allison’s slip into a phenomenalism that seems to reduce the argument of the Second Analogy to an argument concerning our perception of objects. Finally, the last section tries to show that, through the intuitive and a priori character of the representation of time, the principle of causality can be applied to all objects of experience.