Abstract
In this paper, I present a novel interpretation of the notion 'formative power' in Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (§65). I defend the view that for Kant the formative power is a fundamental, immaterial, intrinsic natural power in the organized being. It is a final cause that generates the purposive form of the materials of an organized being. Reading God's creation as the primary and nature's formative power as a secondary final cause of the purposive form of nature allows us to see the consistency of Kant’s theological and philosophical views in the field of biology.
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