Kant says that when a-force-that-can-move-all-things and an-object-that-can-be-moved-by-no-things meet one another anything can happen because the situation can never take place because the existence of the one precludes the existence of the other. I'm not so sure I agree with him that anything can happen.
Basically he is asking: what happens when the impossible happens.
Here is how I think of it: suppose you spin a roulette wheel, which is marked from 0 to 36, and it lands on number 1,000. What happens then?
I say nothing happens because it is impossible in the first place.
Kant: unstoppable force & immovable object
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Re: Kant: unstoppable force & immovable object
Wow!! Did you work that out all by yourself?Jaded Sage wrote:I say nothing happens because it is impossible in the first place.
I thought I knew Kant pretty well but I don't recall him wasting his time with this sort of crap. Which of his writings are you referring to please?