Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology

Its Origin, Meaning, and Critical Significance

AvHolly L. Wilson

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The first comprehensive examination in English of Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View.This book offers the first account in English of the origin, meaning, and critical significance of Immanuel Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. Kant's book is not empirical psychology, but rather a type of cosmopolitan philosophy meant to teach students to think for themselves and thus be free to actualize their full human destiny. Author Holly L. Wilson innovatively explores how the "philosophical anthropology" exhibited in Kant's Anthropology challenges contemporary theories of human nature, including behaviorism and evolutionary theory. She also details how Kant based his work on the critically grounded faculty of teleological judgment and how this type of philosophy of experience is consistent with Kant's overall critical theory. The portrait of Kant that emerges is one of a humane teacher who cared about his students and their acquisition of prudence and wisdom.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-08-10
Mått:160 x 231 x 9 mm
Vikt:372 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Philosophy
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791468494

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Holly L. Wilson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

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Preface Key to References, Sources, Abbreviations, and TranslationsTable of the Moral and Natural Destinies of Human BeingsIntroduction1. The Rise and Origin of Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology The Physical Geography Lectures and the Rise of the Anthropology LecturesThe Debate Concerning the Origin of Kant’s Anthropology LecturesDid Kant Intend His Anthropology Lectures be Empirical Psychology?2. The Character and Content of the Anthropology The Meaning of Pragmatic AnthropologyTeleological Clues in the Characteristic of Kant’s Anthropology3. Kant’s Theory of Human Nature 4. Kant’s Theory of Human Nature as Natural Predispositions The Predisposition to AnimalityEvolutionary Theory and AnimalityThe Technical PredispositionThe Pragmatic Predisposition to HumanityThe Moral PredispositionEducation and the PredispositionsKant’s Theory of Education and Behaviorism5. The Critical Foundations of the Anthropology Teleology as a Research ProgramThe Critical Faculty of Teleological JudgmentSensibilityHabitsImaginationPleasure and DispleasureTasteAffectsPassionsNature Does Nothing in Vain6. Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropology as Popular Philosophy Is Popular Philosophy a Noble Endeavor? NotesBibliographyIndex