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

9780191943294 (ebook) :

First edition.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

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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.

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November 07, 2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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