Philosophy may be said to contain the principles of the rational cognition that concepts afford us of things (not merely, as with logic, the principles of the form of thought in general irrespective of the objects), and, thus interpreted, the course, usua...
The theoretical knowledge of right and law in principle, as distinguished from positive laws and empirical cases, belongs to the pure science of right The science of right thus designates the philosophical and systematic knowledge of the principles of...
The Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Immanuel Kantâs three critiques and it deals with Kantâs own moral philosophy and his views on free will. A masterpiece of philosophical writing.The theoretical use of...
All duties are either duties of right, that is, juridical duties, or duties of virtue, that is, ethical duties. Juridical duties are such as may be promulgated by external legislation; ethical duties are those for which such legislation is not possible....
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"Critique of Pure Reason" is one of the most influential works in the history of literature. "Critique of Pure Reason" was originally published in two editions. The current book contains both the first edition (1781) and the second...
The 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant is widely considered as one the most important figures in modern philosophy. His fundamental arguments with regard to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics,...
The main work of Immanuel Kant in which he argues that the mind forms its own experiences. These experiences are thus only as perceiving the phenomenal world and not experiencing the world around us as it truly is. He tries to combat the critique that...
Immanuel Kant: Kritik der reinen Vernunft. Zweite Auflage von 1787Erstdruck: Riga (Hartknoch) 1781. Der Text folgt der Zweyten hin und wieder verbesserten Auflage, Riga (Hartknoch) 1787. (Zur Wahl dieser Fassung vgl. den entsprechenden Eintrag in der Biog...
In der 1785 veröffentlichten »Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten« formuliert Kant erstmals die Prinzipien einer universalistischen Ethik der Autonomie, deren Einfluss bis heute ungebrochen ist. Schon beim Übergang von der gemeinen...
Kants 'Kritiken' gehören zu den weltweit meistbeachteten Werken der Philosophie. In der 'Kritik der reinen Vernunft' (1781/87) widmet sich der Königsberger Denker der philosophischen Schlüsselfrage 'Was kann ich wissen?'...