Immanuel Kant famously said that he was awoken from his "dogmatic
slumbers," and led to question the possibility of metaphysics, by
David Hume's doubts about causation. Because of this, many
philosophers have viewed Hume's influence on Kant as limited to
metaphysics. More recently, some philosophers have questioned whether
even Kant's metaphysics was really motivated by Hume. In Knowledge,
Reason, and Taste, renowned Kant scholar Paul Guyer challenges both of
these views. He argues that Kant's entire philosophy--including his
moral philosophy, aesthetics, and teleology, as well as his
metaphysics--can fruitfully be read as an engagement with Hume. In
this book, the first to describe and assess Hume's influence
throughout Kant's philosophy, Guyer shows where Kant agrees or
disagrees with Hume, and where Kant does or doesn't appear to resolve
Hume's doubts. In doing so, Guyer examines the progress both Kant and
Hume made on enduring questions about causes, objects, selves, taste,
moral principles and motivations, and purpose and design in nature.
Finally, Guyer looks at questions Kant and Hume left open to their
successors.
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ISBN
9781400824472
Publisert
2013
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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