Kant on the Sources of Metaphysics

In the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant famously criticizes traditional metaphysics and its proofs of immortality, free will and God''s existence. What is often overlooked is that Kant also explains why rational beings must ask metaphysical questions about ''unconditioned'' objects such as souls, uncaused causes or God, and why answers to these questions will appear rationally compelling to them. In ...