A Relation of Homogeneity between Heterogeneous Terms. On the Concept of Homogeneity in the Schematism Chapter in the Critique of Pure Reason

Abstract

This paper deals with the concept of homogeneity(Gleichartigkeit) used by Kant in the schematism chapter of the Critique of Pure Reason. I discuss two recent papers that address the same problem. I show that, according to Kant, homogeneity consists in a relation between two heterogeneous terms (the category and the empirical manifold) made possible by the introduction of a third element (the transcendental schema). I claim that such a peculiar relation of homogeneity does not entail the suppression of the heterogeneity (in the usual meaning of the word) between the terms linked by it.