Form and Matter through generation

Abstract

Within the epistemological proposal derived from Kant's critical philosophy, the analysis of the concepts of form and matter represents an interesting challenge due to the inability, initially, for these concepts to be represented autonomously and independently. His analysis highlights rather the necessary relationship between the two of them. In this contribution I will use a narrative arc that, in fact, connects form with matter using as a measuring element the concept of generation and Kant's use of some theories of organic generation to refer to his own philosophical enterprise. This strategy will show in which way there is a particular emphasis on a form, pure intuition time, as well as possible divergences from a linear narrative, nested in the concept of matter once theories of generation have come into play.