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Kant and Pure Reason, 2002.
This paper addresses both Kant's original theories in terms of transcendentalism and their impact on reason.
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This paper defines and describes those areas of Kant's theories that are not entirely supported through his initial exploration of this subject matter. In doing so, it is demonstrated that Kant's concept of transcendentalism in the face of Reason is not as sound as he assesses within his works on the subject.
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"Critique Of Pure Reason", 2007.
An analysis of the arguments presented by Immanuel Kant in "Critique of Pure Reason."
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This paper discusses Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason," which is the great thinker's most critically acclaimed work. It presents Kant's numerous arguments in favor of the possibility of metaphysics and shows how he tried to establish a much-needed link between science and metaphysics. It also discusses how he tried to bridge the gap between reason and metaphysics with the help of priori and posteriori.
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"In the Critique, Kant invites science 'to undertake anew the most difficult of all its tasks, namely, that of self-knowledge, and to institute a tribunal which will assure to reason its lawful claims'. This tribunal is 'no other than the critique of pure reason' (Axi) and thus in the book Kant presented numerous arguments in favor of the possibility of metaphysics and tried to establish a much-needed link between science and metaphysics. Kant was fully aware of the shortcomings of both pure reason and pure metaphysics. He understood the problems posed by the two fields in exclusivity and hence tried to bridge the gap with the help of priori and posteriori. According to him we need a priori in order to move to posteriori. He feels that at some level all sciences require priori- i.e. a prior knowledge that mind just happens to possess and which happens to be true as well. The mind, Kant maintains, must be capable of holding true knowledge or generating it. For example it is important for it to know that night changes into day and day into night because of some heavenly changes. When it possesses this knowledge, it can move on to posterior to test the truth of it."
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"The Critique of Pure Reason", 2005.
An analysis of how Immanuel Kant argues that things must interact causally if they are to be co-existent.
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This paper gives an account of Kant's arguments in the three analogies of "The Critique of Pure Reason"-- causal relations, simultaneity and the holistic community. It concludes that his argument that everything interacts with everything else is essentially plausible.
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"In the third analogy Kant writes that the possibility of representing things as simultaneous requires these things to be represented as being in causal interaction with one another. He also writes, in the first analogy, that our apprehension of the world (the manifold of appearances) is successive and so it seems that we cannot apprehend any appearances as co-existent. If the appearances we apprehend were not ordered in time, and ordered in a way based upon the persistence of substance, we would end up with a 'play of representations' - a disordered jumble of appearances none of which are related to any other and each of which being apprehended randomly by the understanding, which has no principle by which to order its apprehension of the world any other way."
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Kant's Ideas of Reason, 2001.
The following essay compares and contrasts Kant's assumption of an innate, neutral and universal reason with the Buddhist assumption of the inwardly experienced, empty, universal mind.
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The following paper explores how reason can always provide a hypothetical imperative to achieve any action. This paper examines how it is the categorical imperative, that reason leads to and which is the morally right action, that should be followed.
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"Reason seeks to reduce the world into an ordered, unified systems, and to generalize. Theoretical reason seeks to determine what is and what ought to be. Theoretical reason, according to Kant, ?makes it possible to cognize what is. But reason has its practical employment in determining what ought to be as well.? (Kant, A 633/B 661) This roughly corresponds to the quests of the two philosophical disiplines of metaphysics and ethics. Kant believes that, ?Human reason is by its nature architectonic.? (Kant, A 474/B 502). "
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Kant and Practical Reason, 1983.
This paper discuses Kant's "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals": ethics & morality are metaphysical in nature; ethics can be divided into empirical knowledge and a priori knowledge; compared to Aristotle and Hume.
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"Immanuel Kant begins his work, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, by dividing human knowledge into three branches: logic; physics; and ethics.He further divides ethics (which relates indirectly to reason), into empirical knowledge, and a priori knowledge. With reference to ethical behavior, the first term applies to sensuous experience, and the second to some inborn intrinsic knowledge. By making these distinctions Kant immediately alerts the reader that he finds morality and ethics to be metaphysical in nature. In other words, he finds some human concepts are simply consistent within themselves and must be excepted as such. For Kant, then, ethics, and therefore reason, are part of the human condition and have certain qualities that are ... "
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Kant on the Reality of Space, 2005.
This paper deals with the Transcendental Aesthetic from Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason".
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By claiming that space is empirically real and transcendentally ideal, Kant rejects both the Newtonian and Leibnizian metaphysical views, though, to be sure, he also finds a median between them. In the preface to the "Critique of Pure Reason," Kant asks, "How are synthetic judgments a priori possible?" To show that they are, he cites pure mathematics and pure natural science as 'progressive' exemplars. Kant plans to show that these judgments are possible, in part, because of the pure forms of intuition, namely, space and time. In this paper, the writer gives a detailed examination and critique of his main arguments to this effect, principally with reference to H. Allison's excellent commentary, "Kant's Transcendental Idealism."
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"His position was that such a form must necessarily and logically proceed the actual intuition of an object, and thus, must be given by the mind (logically) prior to any possible experience of an object as distinct from the self. This is the sense in which it is necessary and universal - that is, a priori - as it is an 'epistemic condition' of all human knowledge derived from outer sense. So far I have only asserted Kant's claims, I shall now turn to the arguments he puts forth to establish the apriority and pure intuitive nature of space."
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Philosophy of Kant, 2002.
A paper which describes Kant's theory of pure and practical reasoning.
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Immanuel Kant had a supreme interest in making major political changes for the better of society. Kant?s beliefs were what was considered morally right today should not be affected by the unethical behavior or judgments of yesterday. This paper discusses Kant?s theory on pure and practical reasoning, how the individual applying this notion affects the entire human race, and can produce the end result of freedom and happiness.
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"For example, the con artist will convince many elderly people that they will make a major contribution to saving the world by allowing him to use their checking account to deposit and take large sums of money. They claim they cannot use any more accounts in their name for insurance reasons. The elderly, wanting to do a good deed, gives the person access to his or her bank account. The con artist cleans out the elderly persons bank account, which had their life savings in it, and skips town. Only later, is it discovered that he uses fake identities. Kant?s moral law says that we must not consider any previous experiences when making a decision to do what is moral. Lying and deceiving someone is definitely not ethical. Would it be unethical to use an elderly person who was aware of what was going on to catch the con artist, without the thief knowing this was a setup? If the decision to carry out the setup excludes all previous actions, then Kant?s moral law suggest that lying and deceitfulness is unethical, although this procedure may prevent many other elderly people from becoming victims. "
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Kant's & Mill's Philosophy Of Duty, 1989.
Discusses how Mill's is based on feeling & concern for others, Kant's based purely on reason. Concludes Kant's philosophy is deficient.
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"The purpose of this paper is to define, explain and compare Immanuel Kant's and John Stuart Mill's philosophies of "duty." Where Kant's was based purely on reason, Mill's was based on feeling and concern for others. The research will conclude with an analysis of the philosophies' strength and, particularly, whether Kant's theories have stood the test of time.
Kant (1724-18O4) is commonly thought to have been the greatest philosopher in the history of modern philosophy (Schacht 221). A popular lecturer at the university in Konigsberg, located in the Soviet Union, his influence has been enormous though most of his great works were written after he was fifty years old. Since his death, a great deal of Western philosophy has been viewed as an attempt to come to terms with him, either by challenging his contentions on (...)"various issues, or by
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Emmanuel Kant, 2001.
This paper provides an overview of the life and works of the great philosopher Immanuel Kant and will attempt to understand how Kant's philosophy of reasoning deviated and synthesized that of his philosophical predecessors.
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This paper provides an overview of the life and works of the great philosopher Immanuel Kant and will attempt to understand how Kant?s philosophy of reasoning deviated and synthesized that of his philosophical predecessors.
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Emmanuel Kant?s name is one of the bywords for intellectual rigor and ethics in philosophy. But an equally important part of the body of his work is Kant as a great synthesizer of the great philosophical writers of the pre-existing period. Rather than concentrate on Kant?s ethical judgements, this paper will attempt to understand how Kant?s philosophy of reasoning deviated and synthesized that of his philosophical predecessors. Such an understanding will better enable a reader to understand Kant?s ethical imperatives and the reasoning behind them
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Kant's "Metaphysics of Morals", 2004.
An analysis of the significance of the "role of reason" in Kant's fundamental approach in his "Metaphysics of Morals".
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This paper examines how, for the philosopher Kant, an understanding of knowledge is circumscribed by the limitations of sensory experience. It looks at how, in "The Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals", he delineates an understanding of the law and duty, which has its source a priori and is necessarily uncontaminated by empirical volition and data. It also discusses how his moral philosophy insists that knowledge that is contingent of context and conditions is not the highest knowledge and, in fact, dilutes pure understanding. It shows how Kant explores the ramifications of his view of moral understanding in a rigorous analysis of the action of a priori, synthetic reason and shows how reason acts ?in itself? to produce the groundwork for a metaphysics of morals.
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Introduction and Overview
Foreground: A general Overview of Some Essential Concepts
Reason
An Analysis of Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
Bibliography
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"In the third section of the Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, Kant attempts to elucidate the difficulty of understanding freedom in a moral sense. His analysis differentiates the knowledge that can be obtained from the senses, through experience, from that which is valid through reason alone. This relates to the seminal element that runs like an intellectual current throughout his work, which is the distinction made between a contingent reality derived from sense experience and a reality or ?understanding? that comes from an a priori synthetic reasoning."
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The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, 2002.
Examines the life and key ideas of Western philosopher, Immanuel Kant.
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This paper studies the main concepts underlying Kant's philosophy. Initially, the paper provides biographical information on Kant, with descriptions of his rise to popularity and the conflicts he encountered as a result of his teachings. The paper then discusses Kant's primary body of work, "Critique of Pure Reason", which contains the heart of Kantian philosophy. An overview of Kant's views on judgment, reason, and logic is provided, and an evaluation of Kant's contributions to philosophy concludes the paper.
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"Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724 in the Prussian province of Konigsberg, in what is now Russia. He was educated at Konigsberg's Collegium Fredericianum and later, the University of Konigsberg. Kant immersed himself in the study of physics and mathematics, though financial problems following his father's death forced him to stop his studies and earn a living as a private tutor (Kuehn 42)."
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Freedom and Reason, 2005.
This paper examines the concept of freedom in the works of Immanuel Kant and Peter Berger.
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The paper discusses how in the two passages from Immanuel Kant and Peter Berger, the concept of freedom is explored in terms of human reason and its implications for our understanding of universal philosophical imperatives and sociological determinants. The paper argues that Berger both references and builds upon Kant's contention that freedom cannot be demonstrated through pure reason.
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Kant?s Categories, 2002.
This paper seeks to make clear what Kant means by category and how this notion fits in with his overall theory of knowledge.
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The paper looks at two works by Immanuel Kant: "Critique of Pure Reason" and "The Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics". The writer first defines the term category and takes a step-by-step look at the possible categories Kant uses in his discussions and their implications.
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A Priori
Intuition and Intuitive Knowledge
Space and Time
Experience
On Category
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"Kant refers to the categories either implicitly or explicitly in support of his theory of knowledge throughout much of his discussions in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics. To isolate the categories or the notion of category from the context of other central issues mentioned in these texts is a difficult task, particularly to one whose study of Kant has only very recently begun. However, such a task I have set myself to do. Drawing from several secondary sources and from the original texts previously mentioned, I shall try to make clear what Kant means by category and how this notion fits in with his overall theory of knowledge."
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Kant on God, 2002.
Discusses the moral idea in Immanuel Kant's "Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone".
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Immanuel Kant, in his "Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone", observes that "we create a God for ourselves". This essay will argue that, in this passage as in "Religion" as a whole, Kant is attempting to find a justification for religious thought and moral behaviour, not in revelation, but in reason. Reinforced by reason, a universal human morality may therefore be agreed upon which is not bound by the limits of culture or individual religious theology.
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Sartre vs. Plato and Kant, 2002.
This paper discusses what Sartre might say to Plato and Kant and then what would Plato and Kant respond to Sartre, explaining how their philosophies are both different and similar.
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The paper presents an imaginary dialogue among the philosophers Sartre, Kant and Plato. Neither Kant nor Plato would agree with Sartre. On the other hand, Sartre would not have agreed with them. Three different philosophers with different points of view concerning mankind and what is best for them is clearly presented.
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"This is where Sartre would answered, ?There is no God to have a conception of it. Man simply is. Not that he is simply what he conceives himself to be, but he is what he wills and as he conceives himself after already existing.? Sartre would have discussed the principles behind existentialism. He would have retorted about the subjectivity of mankind. "
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