Kant''s Empirical Psychology

This is the first English-language book to examine Kant's empirical psychology, applying it throughout Kant's philosophy and to contemporary philosophical issues.

List of contents

1. Introduction: the nature and possibility of empirical psychology; 2. Kant's empirical account of human action; 3. Kant's empirical account of human cognition; 4. Kant's empirical account of moral motivation: respect for the moral law; 5. Kant's empirical markers for moral responsibility; 6. Defects of cognition: prejudice and mental disorder; 7. Defects of volition: affects, passions, and weakness of will; 8. Conclusion; Appendix: charts and tables describing Kant's empirical psychology.

About the author

Patrick R. Frierson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Whitman College. He is the author of Freedom and Anthropology in Kant's Moral Philosophy (Cambridge, 2003) and Kant's Questions: What Is the Human Being? (2013), and has published numerous articles in edited volumes and journals including Philosophers' Imprint and the Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Summary

This book examines the under-explored topic of Kant's empirical psychology. Frierson shows how Kant's ideas can be applied throughout his philosophy and to contemporary philosophical issues, making this book of interest to students and scholars of Kant, the history of psychology, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of action.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick R. Frierson, Patrick R. (Whitman College Frierson, Frierson Patrick R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2017
• EAN: 9781316648469
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64846-9
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Western philosophy: Enlightenment