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    t Kant: Critique of Pure Reason There have been many philosophical perspectives and debates held throughout the centuries on the foundations of human knowledge. The stand points that both Descartes and Locke have differ and both of these philosophers’ perspectives have contributed to the rational and empirical debate about the foundations of human knowledge. Descartes’ understanding of the foundations of human knowledge takes on a rational viewpoint and has lead to Locke’s response of an empirical

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    Philosophers live and encourage others to live according to the rules of practical wisdom. Aristotle‚ Immanuel Kant‚ and Emmanuel Levinas were three philosophers who sorted out various ethical approaches. They investigated complex human actions and theorized what is the ethical thing to do. For instance‚ Aristotle contemplated the aim of human life‚ Kant observed duty and obligation from respect for the law‚ and Levinas examined one’s responsibility to the Other. These unique points of view offer

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    would have treated the Chinese or Asians‚ since that is what they were originally looking for on their voyage west. Reading: 18-5 Immanuel Kant‚ “What Is Enlightenment?” This reading is an essay by Immanuel Kant going into detail about the lack of enlightenment‚ explain what enlightenment is and what the public needs in order to be enlightened. Kant explains what dependency is and how it is hard for someone to work themselves out of it and that enlightenment is a person’s emergence from

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    Explain the difference between transcendental realism (using Leibniz and Hume as examples) and Kant’s transcendental idealism. Why does Kant call his turn to transcendental idealism a “Copernican Revolution”. Transcendental realism claims that the world exists independently of human subjectivity. It also claims that the human thought or perception has no influence and does not effect the way world exists and cannot be interpreted by the way people interpret it. Transcendental realism relies

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    Kant: Reasons and Causes‚ Morality and Religion Kant was a deontologist who believed that knowledge was created by the mind‚ not external factors; because of this he wanted to unite reason and experience. Humanity’s frail nature was the human condition according to Kant‚ their struggle to make moral decisions and do the right thing can only be solved by employing reason and his three maxims when decision making. Kant’s diagnoses the human condition as human’s frailty and impurity when

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    Foucault and kant

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    1/17/13 Philosophy Kant & Foucault Both Kant and Foucault present a question of what is enlightenment? According to Immanuel Kant enlightenment was man’s freedom from his “self-incurred immaturity”. Kant believes that all that is needed to reach enlightenment is freedom. Enlightenment could not be achieved by any one person‚ we have to do so as a community. Kant said that we should have the freedom to make public use of our reason in all situations. He also believed that revolution is a

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    educational principles (Enlightenment last updates 2015). Many philosophers have tried to answer the question‚ what is enlightenment‚ the most influential philosopher believed to have answered this question is Immanuel Kant in his text “An Answer to the question: What is enlightenment?” Kant in his argument states three main points: firstly how people become immature‚ secondly how people break out of immaturity and thirdly the link between enlightenment and religion. However Some Philosophers including

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    Aristotle and Kant

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    Ethics September 1‚ 2013 Aristotle and Kant Aristotle and Immanuel Kant have greatly influenced the moral and cultural views‚ and the way that we perceive the world as a whole now. If Aristotle was only judged solely in terms of his philosophical influence‚ only Plato is his peer: Aristotle’s works shaped centuries of philosophy from late antiquity through the renaissance‚ and even today continue to be studied with keen. On the other hand‚ Kant synthesized early modern rationalism and empiricism

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    Kant on Will

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    466-93-4603 Kant pp 33-48 Kant’s argument that an act out of duty can not be in conflict with itself or with any other will acting out of duty derives from the concept he puts forth of the internal principle. A will cannot conflict itself if it determines itself a priori. By determining its morals before the benefit of experience‚ it determines itself simply that it exists as it is. Intuitively‚ anything pure cannot conflict with itself just as the idea of good cannot conflict with itself

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    Bentham and Kant

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    Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher and political radical. He is highly known and respected today for his moral philosophy‚ primarily his principle of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism evaluates actions based upon their consequences. Bentham is most famously known for his pursuit of motivation and value. Bentham was a strong believer in individual and economic freedom‚ the separation of church and state‚ freedom of expression‚ equal rights for women‚ the right to

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