Kant on the History and Development of Practical Reason

This Element explores Kant's history of human reason, focusing on his teleological vision of rational capacities' development from emergence to Enlightenment. The author aims to connect Kant's speculative account of rationality's beginning to his theory of human progress, elucidating his hopes for future progress.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The emergence and trajectory of reason; 3. Kant's conjectural history of humanity's beginning; 4. Pluralistic thinking and reason's future development; 5. Conclusion; References.

Summary

This Element explores Kant's history of human reason, focusing on his teleological vision of rational capacities' development from emergence to Enlightenment. The author aims to connect Kant's speculative account of rationality's beginning to his theory of human progress, elucidating his hopes for future progress.

Product details

• Authors: Olga Lenczewska, Olga (Florida State University) Lenczewska
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009565141
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0956514-1
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy: Enlightenment