Dynamism and Transcendental Limit of the «Reason». Reflections on the José Gómez Caffarena’s Metaphysical Works

Abstract

José Gómez Caffarena’s metaphysical thought looks for reconciling the deployment of acritical metaphysical reason (Kant) with the anthropological demand of the Absolute. It is a strained ‘rational’ development where the author reconciles the internal dynamism of human thought (Maréchal) with transcendental restrictions that the assumed method imposes – without compromising the ‘logicof sense’ that is a priori taken as a starting point. Thus, in response to the restriction of theoretical thinking, in pursuit of the internal coherence of any transcendental metaphysics, he affirms the primacy of practical reason which requires reflection about his limit.