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    As Free as a Turnspit

    Why Kant needs acausal free will, why synthetic a priori judgments are impossible, and why the supposed champion of Enlightenment had to suspend knowledge to make room for faith.

    2026-03-22 10 min read Deutsch
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    Philosophie-Delor - Frieder Delor
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