Why must Organized Beings be Thought in Teleological Terms? On Kant´s Justification of the Teleological Judgment

LERUSSI, NATALIA

Teleologische Reflexion in Kants Philosophie

Springer

Lugar: Heidelberg; Año: 2018; p. 215 - 232

Among Kant´s teleology researchers persists a discussion between those who defend that there are some objective characteristics in organized beings that justify that we must comprehend them in teleological terms (through the concept of "natural end") and those who defend that we must do it only due to the discursive character of our understanding. Although both positions have good grounds in some sources that I analyze, that is, in Kant´s "Critique of the Teleological Judgement", in this paper I show that both positions face significant problems and I offer an own answer to the question why must organized being be judged or thought teleologically. El libro compila artículos dedicados a la teleología kantiana por parte de reconocidos especialistas en el tema (entre ellos: Peter McLaughlin; Jacinto Rivera de Rosales; Courtney Fugate; Brigitte Falkenburg).