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Michael B.Posted a year ago
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Confined vs. Contracted

Hi. Can the following sentences be considered at least roughly equivalent?


For Kant, causality is confined within the phenomenal sphere.

For Kant, causality is contracted within the phenomenal sphere.


Thanks.

  

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) It means Kant thought that the idea of one thing causing another only works in the world we can see and feel. It doesn't go beyond that. ) This sounds like the idea that cause and effect become weaker or less important in our everyday experience.

  • ) It means Kant thought that the idea of one thing causing another only works in the world we can see and feel.
  • It doesn't go beyond that.
  • ) This sounds like the idea that cause and effect become weaker or less important in our everyday experience.
  • But Kant didn't think that cause and effect became weaker.
  • He thought it was a basic rule for our experience.
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The two sentences you asked about don't really mean the same thing:


  • "For Kant, cause and effect are kept inside our world of experience." (This is what "confined within the phenomenal sphere" means in simpler terms.) It means Kant thought that the idea of one thing causing another only works in the world we can see and feel. It doesn't go beyond that.


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No, the sentences are not equivalent. 

Confined: Means restricted, limited, or kept within certain boundaries. This aligns with the philosophical concept of causality being limited to the phenomenal realm.

Contracted: Means reduced in size, compressed, or shortened. This doesn't make sense in the context of causality and philosophical boundarie

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