A Kantian Perspective on the Ontology of Global Warming

In its enormous complexity, global warming implies various ethical, social and political problems, which have received extensive treatment in the literature. From the ontological point of view, however, there is still need for further analysis. In this short paper I propose a neutral concept of “world” to serve as a starting point for richer ontologies, without the obscurity that plagues Timothy Morton’s Hyperobject . At the same time, while clarifying some of the difficulties inherent in it, I suggest recovering a horizon of basic transcendentalism (hence the Kantian character of my remark).