Space is a necessary a priori representation and a pure a priori intuition
Space is a necessary a priori representation that underlies all outer intuitions, the condition of the possibility of appearances and not a determination dependent on them; it is not a general concept but a pure intuition, and an a priori intuition underlies all concepts of it.
Der Raum ist eine nothwendige Vorstellung a priori, die allen äußeren Anschauungen zum Grunde liegt.
Space is a necessary a priori representation that underlies all outer intuitions.
Der Raum ist kein discursiver oder, wie man sagt, allgemeiner Begriff von Verhältnissen der Dinge überhaupt, sondern eine reine Anschauung.
Space is not a discursive or, as one says, general concept of relations of things in general, but a pure intuition.
Hieraus folgt, daß in Ansehung seiner eine Anschauung a priori (die nicht empirisch ist) allen Begriffen von demselben zum Grunde liegt.
From this it follows that, with respect to space, an a priori intuition (which is not empirical) underlies all concepts of it.
The first half is the second point of the metaphysical exposition of space (A 24 / B 38–39, AA 3:52.30–53.04); its ground there, that one can never represent that there is no space though one can think that no objects are found in it (AA 3:52.31–33), is not formalized here. The second half is the third point and its conclusion: space is a pure intuition, not a discursive concept (AA 3:53.05–06), and an a priori, non-empirical intuition underlies all concepts of it (AA 3:53.14–16).
Supports
- a-kant-space-not-of-things-in-themselvesSpace is not a determination of things in themselves, because it is intuited a priori
Shares premise with
- c-schopenhauer-causality-sensation-and-space-are-subjectiveThe law of causality, the sensation and space are each of subjective origin
- c-schopenhauer-forms-in-consciousness-independent-of-objectsTime, space and causality are present in our consciousness independently of the objects that appear in them, learned from Kant
- c-schopenhauer-kant-makes-primary-qualities-appearance-because-forms-cognized-a-prioriThe Kantian distinction makes Locke's primary qualities too belong only to the appearance, because its conditions, space, time and causality, are cognized by us a priori