Cycle 15 · 8 Oct 2026Nature vs. freedom?- 55:17Nature and freedom have two different legislations over one and the same territory. For a field to exist, the forest or the marsh must disappear.
Legislation
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Summary
Dominique Pagani approaches legislation through Kant, who distinguishes two legislations: legislation by nature, which belongs to causality, to cause and effect, and legislation by freedom, which belongs to ends. He specifies that the first imposes itself and cannot be departed from, whereas the second creates a moral obligation1. In 2017, he stresses the abyss that separates these two legislations2. From 2018 on, he emphasizes instead that they legislate over one and the same territory, that of the phenomenon, that is, the totality of objects of a possible experience, which they contend for. He draws a consequence from this for knowledge: the human sciences belong to legislation by freedom and must be connected to the sciences of necessity3. In 2026, he illustrates this sharing of a single territory with an example: for a field to exist, the forest or the marsh must disappear4.
- 1#5.3 bis Questions (Facebook Live)13 Jan 2019 · 50:41
- 2#3.5 From Ulysses to Daedalus1 Aug 2017 · 1:21:29
- 3#6 Presentation of the dominiquepagani.fr website26 Nov 2020 · 9:24
- 4Nature vs. freedom?8 Oct 2026 · 55:17
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Cycle 15 · 8 Oct 2026Nature vs. freedom?
Cycle 9.1 · 26 Nov 2020#6 Presentation of the dominiquepagani.fr website- 9:24With Kant, the human sciences fall under the domain of legislation by freedom, which must be connected to the sciences of necessity.
Cycle 6 · 3 Dec 2019#6.2 The logic of the subject in the face of the reconstitution of Nazism- 49:22Kant distinguishes legislation by nature from legislation by freedom, which dispute the sole territory of phenomena.
Cycle 5.1 · 13 Jan 2019#5.3 bis Questions (Facebook Live)- 50:41Kant distinguishes legislation by the concept of nature, from which one cannot deviate, and legislation by freedom, which obliges morally.
Cycle 5.1 · 31 Dec 2018#5.3 The philosopher's Odyssey: revolutionary thought
Cycle 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.5 From Ulysses to Daedalus- 1:21:29Kant distinguishes legislation by nature, cause and effect, from legislation by freedom, separated by an abyss.