Kant's rational theology / Allen W. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Allen W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

156 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

Summary:

In Kant's Rational Theology, Allen W. Wood explores Kant's views on the concept of God and on the attempt to demonstrate God's existence. "We cannot have a full or balanced understanding of Kant's thought on religious subjects," he writes, "as long as we fail to take account of his reflections, often exceedingly abstract, obscure, and subtle, concerning the rational origin, content, and status of our concept of a supreme being."

The importance of this aspect of Kantian thought, according to Wood, lies in its originality, in its historical influence, and in the insights it affords into the tradition of rational theology in medieval and modern philosophy. He believes that it also provides a means of understanding Kant's work as a whole and of achieving a proper appreciation of the contents of Kant's moral faith. The author focuses on Kant's chapter on the ideal or pure reason from the Critique of Pure Reason and also discusses other Kantian writings (especially the Lectures on Philosophical Theology, the Critique of Judgment, and several of Kant's precritical essays) where the topic of rational theology is prominent.

Contents:

The idea of God: The ideal of pure reason ; The ground of all possibility ; The divine attributes

The three theistic proofs: Kant's strategy ; The ontological proof ; The cosmological proof ; The physicotheological proof.

Notes:

Paperback reprint of the 1978 Cornell University Press ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801475538

9780801475535

OCLC:

303021275

Publisher Number:

99934790835