Kant's definition of an object in §17 as 'that in whose concept the manifold of a given intuition is united' functions as a sufficient condition for objecthood, not merely a polemical characterization.
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(contrasted with what Kant's definition actually does)
A description made mainly to argue against or criticize an opposing view, rather than to give a complete positive explanation of what something actually is.
sufficient condition(Used in the context of whether intrinsic properties can define species membership)
A property whose presence guarantees membership in or applicability of a category, such that having the property entails belonging to the species or class
§17 (section notation)(reference to a specific location in a philosophical text)
The § symbol means 'section' and is used to refer to a specific numbered part of a text; §17 means 'section 17' of Kant's work.