Kant and the naturalistic turn of 18th century philosophy / Catherine Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Catherine, Dr., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Philosophy--History--18th century.

Philosophy.

Naturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 300 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Kant and the naturalistic turn of eighteenth century philosophy

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Kant's philosophy is usually treated according to 'internalist' textual methodology rather than contextually according to 'externalist' methodology. This book presents transcendental idealism, the metaphysics of morals, and other Kantian innovations in philosophy as a reaction to 18th century developments in the life and human sciences. It interprets Kant's metaphysics as motivated by, on one hand, anxiety over the moral dangers he perceived in the empiricism of Buffon, Hume, Smith, and certain German materialists; and, on the other, his theological scepticism.

Contents:

1. Discoveries and controversies

2. The laws of nature and the origins of the world

3. The background : problems of life and matter

4. The veil of perception and Kant's transcendental idealism

5. The 'physiologists' and material minds

6. The penchant for determinism and Kant's response

7. Obligation and the moral sentiments

8. The puzzles of purposiveness

9. Kant on humanity, diversity, and human value

10. Civilization, extinction, and moral effort

11. Futility and transcendence : Kant's arguments of hope.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Wilson, Catherine Kant and the Naturalistic Turn of 18th Century Philosophy

ISBN:

0-19-194329-0

0-19-266381-X

0-19-266382-8