Author : Kate A. Moran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1107125936
A collection of essays on the foundational themes of freedom and spontaneity in Immanuel Kant's philosophy.
Author : Christian H. Krijnen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 2018-08-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004383786
Freedom is one of the main issues of modern philosophy and Kant’s philosophy of freedom a major source for comprehending it. Whereas in contemporary debates Kant’s concept of practical freedom is addressed frequently, the cosmological foundation of it is much less discussed and even mostly taken for granted. In Metaphysics of Freedom?, by contrast, Kant’s concept of cosmological freedom is scrutinized both in a historical and a systematic perspective. As a result, a deeper and broader understanding of Kant’s conception of freedom, its presuppositions, and problems emerges.
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 2019-08-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004409718
The influence of Kant’s understanding of morality is too strong to be ignored. Hegel, however, fundamentally criticized Kant for offering merely a ‘formal’ model of normativity that cannot sufficiently comprehend human action as free. Instead, Hegel argues in his doctrine of ethical life (Sittlichkeit) that the embeddedness of the acting subject must be taken into account when identifying normativity. Yet the issue of normativity in Kant and Hegel remains contested even today, not least due to the misunderstandings of their conceptions of the topic. The present volume explores developments within recent scholarship which enable a better understanding of the concept of normativity in the thought of Kant and Hegel.
Author : Henry E. Allison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 2020-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1107145112
Traces the development of Kant's views on free will from earlier writings through the three Critiques and beyond.
Author : Jennifer K. Uleman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 10,10 MB
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 113948446X
Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy is one of the most distinctive achievements of the European Enlightenment. At its heart lies what Kant called the 'strange thing': the free, rational, human will. This introduction explores the basis of Kant's anti-naturalist, secular, humanist vision of the human good. Moving from a sketch of the Kantian will, with all its component parts and attributes, to Kant's canonical arguments for his categorical imperative, this introduction shows why Kant thought his moral law the best summary expression of both his own philosophical work on morality and his readers' deepest shared convictions about the good. Kant's central tenets, key arguments, and core values are presented in an accessible and engaging way, making this book ideal for anyone eager to explore the fundamentals of Kant's moral philosophy.
Author : Marco Sgarbi
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1441133194
An original study of spontaneity in Kant, a central yet neglected concept that is relevant to all aspects of his philosophy.
Author : M. Weatherston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 2002-10-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0230597343
Is there any justification for Heidegger's famous 'violence' against Kant's philosophy? An independent assessment of the worth of Heidegger's argument is also made all the more pertinent by the evident misgivings Heidegger had about his interpretation of Kant. We must ask of Heidegger's interpretation of Kant: 1) Is this good Kant? and 2) Is this good Heidegger?
Author : Richard L. Velkley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 022615758X
In Freedom and the End of Reason, Richard L. Velkley offers an influential interpretation of the central issue of Kant’s philosophy and an evaluation of its position within modern philosophy’s larger history. He persuasively argues that the whole of Kantianism—not merely the Second Critique—focuses on a “critique of practical reason” and is a response to a problem that Kant saw as intrinsic to reason itself: the teleological problem of its goodness. Reconstructing the influence of Rousseau on Kant’s thought, Velkley demonstrates that the relationship between speculative philosophy and practical philosophy in Kant is far more intimate than generally has been perceived. By stressing a Rousseau-inspired notion of reason as a provider of practical ends, he is able to offer an unusually complete account of Kant’s idea of moral culture.
Author : Paul Guyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 2006-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139827030
The philosophy of Immanuel Kant is the watershed of modern thought, which irrevocably changed the landscape of the field and prepared the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This 2006 volume, which complements The Cambridge Companion to Kant, covers every aspect of Kant's philosophy, with a particular focus on his moral and political philosophy. It also provides detailed coverage of Kant's historical context and of the enormous impact and influence that his work has had on the subsequent history of philosophy. The bibliography also offers extensive and organized coverage of both classical and recent books on Kant. This volume thus provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and his place in modern philosophy, making accessible the philosophical enterprise of Kant to those coming to his work for the first time.
Author : Markus Kohl
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2023-07-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 019887314X
Kant on Freedom and Rational Agency provides a novel interpretation and rational reconstruction of Kant's doctrine of freedom. Markus Kohl shows how Kant defends the belief that we are free from foreign (natural and super-natural) causes as a presupposition of all meaningful human activity. While this interpretation focuses on the essential role that freedom of will plays in our moral agency, it also examines how our status as rational cognitive agents hinges on our freedom of thought, and why our aesthetic engagement with beauty requires our freedom of imagination. Kohl thereby gives a compelling sense of Kant's estimation that freedom is a "cardinal point"--even the "keystone"--of his entire critical philosophy. Kant's doctrine of freedom emerges in this account as a systematic critique of a naturalistic worldview which regards all our capacities, representations, and actions as the causal upshot of natural laws and forces. Kant holds that the naturalistic worldview fatally undermines our self-conception as rational agents. This critique of naturalism culminates in the argument that naturalistic cognizers cannot explain away our freedom from natural forces because they must presuppose such a freedom in their own cognitive efforts to devise rationally valid naturalistic theories.
