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3 days ago · Thomas Nenon, "Immanuel Kant’s Turn to Transcendental Philosophy" (Summary) Kant's work in 1781 marked a significant turning point in the history of philosophy. His first edition of the Critique of Pure Reason introduced a "critical" philosophy with a radical new approach to traditional questions in epistemology and metaphysics, completely ...
3 days ago · Ethics. 2 views. • With his theory of the Categorical Imperative, Immanuel Kant introduced modern deontological ethics in the late 18th century. • Unlike Mill, Kant believed that certain actions (such as murder, theft, and lying) should be avoided at all costs, even if the action would bring more happiness than the alternative.
1 day ago · I’m currently going through the process of understanding Immanuel Kant’s philosophy. In particular, I’m looking to understand his epistemological views. I have read that a key to understanding Kant is understanding David Hume’s radical skepticism and empiricism, and that much of Kant’s work is a response to Hume.
3 days ago · Kant highlighted conceptualizing capability as a fundamental human ability, but also pondered its limitations. In “Critique of Pure Reason,” he explored questions like whether the universe is finite or infinite, concluding that such inquiries are unanswerable or antinomies (mutual incompatibility of two reasonable beliefs), illustrating the ...
3 days ago · One of Kant’s “contributions” to modern philosophy was his demand for “disinterestedness” in ethics. According to Kant, ethics cannot incorporate personal considerations; their admixture contaminates ethics. Ethics must be grounded purely in principle, without personal consideration. One does the good out of duty.
23 hours ago · Kant loses to Plato by 411–328, loses to Aristotle by 454–295. Hume loses to Plato by 534–166, loses to Kant by 533–176. Descartes loses to Plato by 597–117, loses to Hume by 356–269. Socrates loses to Plato by 548–101, loses to Descartes by 327–270. Wittgenstein loses to Plato by 610–85, loses to Socrates by 385–193
4 days ago · KANT prject 2. Uploaded by kraaler. ### Kantian Ethics and the Imperative of Moral Duty Immanuel Kant, an 18th-century German philosopher, revolutionized moral philosophy with his deontological framework, which emphasizes the role of duty and rationality in ethical behavior. His work, particularly as articulated in "Groundwork for the ...
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