Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology
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Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology

Its Origin, Meaning, and Critical Significance

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Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology

Its Origin, Meaning, and Critical Significance

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This book offers the first account in English of the origin, meaning, and critical significance of Immanuel Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. Kant's book is not empirical psychology, but rather a type of cosmopolitan philosophy meant to teach students to think for themselves and thus be free to actualize their full human destiny. Author Holly L. Wilson innovatively explores how the "philosophical anthropology" exhibited in Kant's Anthropology challenges contemporary theories of human nature, including behaviorism and evolutionary theory. She also details how Kant based his work on the critically grounded faculty of teleological judgment and how this type of philosophy of experience is consistent with Kant's overall critical theory. The portrait of Kant that emerges is one of a humane teacher who cared about his students and their acquisition of prudence and wisdom.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780791481295
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Key to References, Sources,Abbreviations, and Translations
  5. Moral and Natural Destinies of Human Beings
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. The Rise and Origin of Kant’sLectures on Anthropology
  8. 2. The Character and Content of the Anthropology
  9. 3. Kant’s Theory of Human Nature
  10. 4. Kant’s Theory of Human Natureas Natural Predispositions
  11. 5. The Critical Foundations of the Anthropology
  12. 6. Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropologyas Popular Philosophy
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index