Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant YouTube link to the lecture: Immanuel Kant Life 18 th c. philosopher Born in Prussia Family: father, a saddler; mother, an uneducated woman, noted for her remarkable character and intelligence. Religious influence: Pietist branch of the Lutheran Church. Stress on inner life. Kant confining himself to his own village. Senility and death Works Three Critiques – of Pure Reason, of Practical Reason, of Judgement What is Enlightenment? Kant and The Enlightenment A spokesman of the French intellectual dynamism. (“What is Enlightenment?”) But was against the extravagant claims made on behalf of reason: advocated the idea that there are realms of reality that are opaque to reason; they are illuminated by flashes of insight. (Did not undermine the role of reason; but objected to the denial of the orders of reality which could not be verified by reason. We should not restrict knowledge to the testimony of the senses.) Kant’s respect for Hume: Kant has remarked that Hum...