Opus postumum
Late manuscripts seek a transition from the metaphysical principles of nature to physics, then reconsider matter, experience and the subject’s position.
Understanding the text
The title denotes a posthumous editorial collection rather than a finished book given final form by Kant.
Key points
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Transition
The problem is to explain the move from general conditions to a determinate science of nature.
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Matter
Reflections on ether belong to a controversial historical physical program.
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Manuscripts
Sheets, revisions and rearrangements make reading order dependent on explicit editorial work.
How to read it
Use an edition explaining its arrangement of fascicles. A late formulation should not automatically be presented as definitively replacing every Critique.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗