Immanuel Kant

The second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, "Critique of Practical Reason", published in 1788, is considered by many to be one of the most important works on the subject of moral philosophy ever written. Written several years after his first critique, "Critique of Pure Reason", this work addresses Kant's views on moral philosophy and what it means to be good and ethical. In this work, Kant explores his philosophy of the categorical imperative,...

German philosopher and significant 18th century late Enlightenment thinker Immanuel Kant wrote "Critique of Judgment" in 1790 to solidify his ideas on aesthetics. Divided into two sections, one on aesthetic judgment and the other on teleological judgment, "Critique" proceeds to analyze the human experience of the beautiful and the sublime. From the effect of art and nature to the role of imagination, from objectivity of taste to the limits of representation,...

In 1781, Immanuel Kant published his first and most famous work, the "Critique of Pure Reason". To the German philosopher's dismay, the work was at first poorly received and largely misunderstood by his readers. As a result, two years later Kant produced his "Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics that will be Able to Present Itself as a Science" to serve as an introduction to the "Critique". He restated the main ideas of his philosophy in what Schopenhauer,...

If there exists on any subject a philosophy (that is, a system of rational knowledge based on concepts), then there must also be for this philosophy a system of pure rational concepts, independent of any condition of intuition, in other words, a metaphysic. It may be asked whether metaphysical elements are required also for every practical philosophy, which is the doctrine of duties, and therefore also for Ethics.

Prompted by Hume's skepticism, Kant addresses the question of whether and how metaphysics is possible. Metaphysicians have yet to agree on one definite proposition, or even to establish a basis for agreement upon judgments. Kant distinguishes between a priori and a posteriori cognitions and between analytic and synthetic judgments. Knowledge we gain from experience is a posteriori, and what we can know independent of experience is a priori. A synthetic...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Immanuel Kant's three 'critiques,' the three pillars of his Critical philosophy. It reinstates in philosophical discourse the notions of human freedom, God, and the immortal soul-notions which, in the first Critique, had been shown to be unsuitable in their traditional applications. The ideas of pure practical reason and...

The first of Immanuel Kant's mature works on moral philosophy and remains one of the most influential in the field. Kant conceives his investigation as a work of foundational ethics, one that clears the ground for future research by explaining the core concepts and principles of moral theory and showing that they are normative for rational agents. Kant aspires to nothing less than this: to lay bare the fundamental principle of morality and show that...

En "Sobre la paz perpetua" Kant desarrolla, como si de la redacción de un tratado de paz se tratase, su proyecto jurídico para conseguir una organización política mundial y particular para cada uno de los Estados que favorezca la paz. Se trata de una reflexión sobre cómo políticamente los hombres podrían evitar el enfrentamiento mutuo, reconociendo que la paz no es consustancial a su naturaleza. Una obra que en su brevedad reúne lo más destacado...

"The Classic Collection of Immanuel Kant" is a comprehensive anthology that brings together the most influential works of one of the greatest philosophers in Western history. This collection features Kant's seminal texts, including "The Critique of Pure Reason," "The Critique of Practical Reason," "Critique of Judgment," and more, enhanced with captivating illustrations. In "The Critique of Pure Reason," Kant explores the boundaries of human knowledge...

Si hay un año revolucionario en la historia de la filosofía, ese sin duda es 1781. La publicación de la primera edición de la Crítica de la razón pura cambió los cimientos del pensamiento, desarboló a escépticos y dogmáticos, y viró el rumbo de la metafísica. Su autor, sin embargo, temía que no se reconociera el valor y el alcance de su magna obra; que esta pudiera resultar accesible solo a unos pocos y que dicha minoría pudiera malinterpretarle....