Rational Psychology and Empirical Anthropology in Kant
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17648/2175-2834-v21n2-387Keywords:
rational psychology; noumenal self; idea of man; empirical anthropology.Abstract
This paper aims to highlight the relevance of the “Paralogisms of pure reason”for the Kantianproject of anempiricalsystematically designed anthropology, that is, a science of man. Particularly, I will argue that the main result of Kant's criticism of rational psychology(as a doctrine of soul)was to ensure the logical possibility of the “noumenal self”. That has turned possible to conceive the man as afree actingbeing,capable of making something of himself,and not justasa product of nature. This idea of man is fundamental to the Kantian anthropology since it orders and directs the empirically acquired knowledge,giving itsystematic unity.References
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