Kant on God / Peter Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrne, Peter, 1950-

Series:

Ashgate studies in the history of philosophical theology.

Ashgate studies in the history of philosophical theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peter Byrne presents a detailed study of the role of the concept of God in Kant's Critical Philosophy. After a preliminary survey of the major interpretative disputes over the understanding of Kant on God, Byrne explores his critique of philosophical proofs of God's existence. Examining Kant's account of religious language, Byrne highlights both the realist and anti-realist elements contained within it. The precise role God plays in ethics according to Kant is then examined, along with the definition of religion as the recognition of duties as divine commands.

Contents:

God and Kant's critical project

Kant on natural theology I

Kant on natural theology II

Religious language and the boundaries of sense

The positive case for God

Kant on the elements of the highest good

Kant's moral theology explored

Kant, Christianity, and deism.

Notes:

First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-179) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-25122-1

1-351-92441-9

1-281-20808-6

0-7546-8438-5

9786611208080

9781315251226

OCLC:

463187199