Existence and the Grounding of Metaphysics

The article attempts to explain the connection between existence and the objective of the Critique of Pure Reason (the grounding of metaphysics). To that effect, it discusses some of the basic aspects of Kant’s understanding of human knowledge,as well as his conception of objective existence. The analysis carried out includes only that which may be established before (and is assumed by) the ranscendentalAesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic, showing that some of the most significant theses of Kant’s critique follow from these analyses.