Immanuel Kant | Biography, Philosophy, Books, Facts - Britannica Immanuel Kant, German philosopher who was one of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment and who inaugurated a new era of philosophical thought His comprehensive and systematic work in epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics greatly influenced all subsequent philosophy
Kant’s Moral Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) argued that the supreme principle of morality is a principle of practical rationality that he dubbed the “Categorical Imperative” (CI) Kant characterized the CI as an objective, rationally necessary and unconditional principle that we must follow despite any natural desires we may have to the contrary
Immanuel Kant - World History Encyclopedia Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German Enlightenment thinker who is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of any period
Kant, Immanuel - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Immanuel Kant At the foundation of Kant’s system is the doctrine of “transcendental idealism,” which emphasizes a distinction between what we can experience (the natural, observable world) and what we cannot (“supersensible” objects such as God and the soul) Kant argued that we can only have knowledge of things we can experience
An Introduction to the Work of Kant - Immanuel Kant Kant believes that if a person could not act otherwise, then his or her act can have no moral worth Further, he believes that every human being is endowed with a conscience that makes him or her aware that the moral law has authority over them Kant calls this a “fact of reason,” and he regards it as the basis for a belief in human freedom
Immanuel Kant | Introduction to Philosophy - Lumen Learning Immanuel Kant (The monumental Kritik der reinen Vernunft (Critique of Pure Reason) (1781, 1787) Immanuel Kant was born in the East Prussian city of Königsberg, studied at its university, and worked there as a tutor and professor for more than forty years, never travelling more than fifty miles from home Although his outward life was one of legendary calm and regularity, Kant’s intellectual
Kant - Philosophy Pages Beginning with his Inaugural Dissertation (1770) on the difference between right- and left-handed spatial orientations, Kant patiently worked out the most comprehensive and influential philosophical programme of the modern era
Immanuel Kant - Friesian Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Kant's most original contribution to philosophy is his "Copernican Revolution," that, as he puts it, it is the representation that makes the object possible rather than the object that makes the representation possible [§14, A92 B124, note]
The Basic Principles of Kantian Ethics - Konsyse Kantian ethics is an ethical theory primarily based on deontological ethics or deontology German philosopher Immanuel Kant developed the specific tenets behind this theory in response to the Age of Enlightenment