Kant: Worldview

Kant: Introduction and Worldview

Immanuel Kant is the philosopher who reconciled Plato’s idealism with the new science of his own time. He was born in 1724 and died in 1804, and almost everything modern philosophers say about reason, knowledge, and moral education runs through his work. This is the first of five Kant chapters in the guide.

Kant: Introduction

Life in Konigsberg, lower middle-class roots, the influence of Rousseau, and his role in reconciling science and philosophy

Works of Kant

Critique of Pure Reason, What is Enlightenment, Critique of Practical Reason, Learning How to Think, and Kant on Pedagogy

Kant's Thought Process

Rationalists vs Empiricists, the synthetic a priori judgement, and the relationship between mind and its objects

Character Development and Duty

Educating children for a future better than the present, and instilling a commitment to duty from a young age

Moral Culture and Maxims

The difference between discipline and maxims, character as the readiness to act on maxims, and moral education as the highest aim