The Teleology of Reason: A Study of the Structure of Kant's Critical Philosophy

Courtney D. Fugate

Published by De Gruyter 2014

The Teleology of Reason

A Study of the Structure of Kant's Critical Philosophy

Courtney D. Fugate

Volume 178 in the series Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110306484

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This work argues that teleological motives lie at the heart of Kant’s critical philosophy and that a precise analysis of teleological structures can both illuminate the basic strategy of its fundamental arguments and provide a key to understanding its unity. It thus aims, through an examination of each of Kant’s major writings, to provide a detailed interpretation of his claim that philosophy in the true sense must consist of a teleologia rationis humanae.
The author argues that Kant’s critical philosophy forged a new link between traditional teleological concepts and the basic structure of rationality, one that would later inform the dynamic conception of reason at the heart of German Idealism. The process by which this was accomplished began with Kant’s development of a uniquely teleological conception of systematic unity already in the precritical period. The individual chapters of this work attempt to show how Kant adapted and refined this conception of systematic unity so that it came to form the structural basis for the critical philosophy.

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Courtney D. Fugate, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations and the Use of Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Part I: Preliminary Investigations
Chapter 1 Motivations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2 Teleology: Rudiments of a Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part II: The Teleology of Human Knowledge
Chapter 3 The Historical Roots of Kant’s Concept of Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 4 Teleology in the Transcendental Aesthetic and Analytic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Chapter 5 Teleology in the Transcendental Dialectic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Part III: The Teleology of Freedom
Introduction to Part III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Chapter 6 The Teleology of Freedom: The Structure of Moral Self-Consciousness in the Analytic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Chapter 7 Kant on Rational Faith as an Expression of Autonomy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
Chapter 8 The Teleological Unity of Reason and Kant’s Idea of Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	360
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	404
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutions, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 433
Keywords: Kant; Immanuel; teleology; reason

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Published: May 8, 2014
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Published: April 28, 2014
ISBN: 9783110306262

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Published: August 22, 2016
ISBN: 9783110481587