Human, All Too Human, Part 19 summary

What happens

1. The argument grounds numerical laws in the mistaken assumption that identical things or separate units exist.
2. It rejects human notions of space and time because testing them produces logical contradictions.
3. Science obtains accurate relations through constant standards, although its underlying errors impose limits on its results.
4. Atomic theory illustrates a circle: science reduces matter to motion but still assumes something material that moves.
5. The argument accepts Kant’s claim about intellect imposing laws, but restricts numerical laws to the humanly conceived world.

What to notice

The sentence challenges the standards on which calculation depends. It prepares the distinction between reliable scientific relations and mistaken foundations.

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