Immanuel Kant

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Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the Boundaries of Human Knowledge in Kant's Critical Philosophy

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Immanuel Kant's "Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics" serves as a foundational text in modern philosophy, addressing the very nature of metaphysics and its potential for legitimate knowledge. Written in a clear and accessible style, Kant meticulously unravels the complexities of human cognition, grounding his argument in the critical examination of how our experiences shape our understanding of reality. This work emerges in the wake of the Enlightenment, engaging with the conflicting schools of rationalism and empiricism, and seeks to establish a systematic approach to metaphysical inquiry that reconciles these disparate views. Kant, a pivotal figure in the history of Western thought, was profoundly influenced by the limitations of metaphysics as conceived by his predecessors. He adopted a critical stance toward traditional dogmatic approaches and was driven by the desire to secure a space for metaphysics that is analytical yet practical. The "Prolegomena" serves as a bridge to his more complex magnum opus, "Critique of Pure Reason," and reflects his lifelong quest to analyze the role that human intuition and perception play in our understanding of existence. Recommended for scholars and students alike, this work is essential for anyone seeking a rigorous introduction to Kantian thought. It not only challenges readers to reconsider the foundations of metaphysical inquiry but also offers profound insights that resonate throughout contemporary philosophy. Engaging with Kant's ideas in this text will enrich your understanding of the pivotal questions surrounding knowledge and reality.

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Immanuel Kant ( 22 April 1724 - 12 February 1804) was an influential German philosopher[23] in the Age of Enlightenment. In his doctrine of transcendental idealism, he argued that space, time, and causation are mere sensibilities; "things-in-themselves" exist, but their nature is unknowable.[24][25] In his view, the mind shapes and structures experience, with all human experience sharing certain structural features. In one of his major works, the Critique of Pure Reason (1781; second edition 1787),[26] he drew a parallel to the Copernican revolution in his proposition that worldly objects can be intuited a priori ('beforehand'), and that intuition is therefore independent from objective reality.[b] Kant believed that reason is also the source of morality, and that aesthetics arise from a faculty of disinterested judgment. Kant's views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, especially the fields of epistemology, ethics, political theory, and post-modern aesthetics. He attempted to explain the relationship between reason and human experience and to move beyond the failures of traditional philosophy and metaphysics. He wanted to put an end to what he saw as an era of futile and speculative theories of human experience, while resisting the skepticism of thinkers such as David Hume. He regarded himself as showing the way past the impasse between rationalists and empiricists,[28] and is widely held to have synthesized both traditions in his thought.[29] Kant was an exponent of the idea that perpetual peace could be secured through universal democracy and international cooperation. He believed that this would be the eventual outcome of universal history, although it is not rationally planned.[30] The nature of Kant's religious ideas continues to be the subject of philosophical dispute, with viewpoints ranging from the impression that he was an initial advocate of atheism who at some point developed an ontological argument for God, to more critical treatments epitomized by Schopenhauer, who criticized the imperative form of Kantian ethics as "theological morals" and the "Mosaic Decalogue in disguise",[31] and Nietzsche, who claimed that Kant had "theologian blood"[32] and was merely a sophisticated apologist for traditional Christian faith

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• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 189
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4057664648839
• Artikelnr.: 58499832