The Rejection of Metaphysics and the “Negation” of God

Abstract

When contemporary writers reflect on the claims of metaphysical thought, they usually intend to speak about the possibility or impossibility of affirming the “suprasensual” (Kant). Kant’s use of this term was in keeping with what had become accepted in philosophy since Descartes; it refers to the universe, the soul or the “I”, and God. Here, however, I will speak only about metaphysical reflection as thinking “about” God, even though the same term has also a broader usage.¹