The concept of cause accordingly is a pure concept of the understanding, which is totally disparate from all possible perception, and only serves to determine the representation subsumed under it, relatively to judgments in general, and so to make a universally valid judgment possible.
Kausa-kontzeptua, beraz, adimen-kontzeptu hutsa da, edozein hautemapen posibleetatik betaro bereizten dena, bere balio bakarra izaki, bere azpian jasota dagoen errepresentazioa judizioari buruz oro har determinatzea, eta, hala, balio unibertsaleko judizio bat ahalgarri egitea. Beraz, hautemapen-judizio bat esperientzi judizio bihurtu baino lehen, aurrena eskatzen da: