Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,885,675,092 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Kantianism

   Also found in: Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
Kant´i`an`ism
n.1.The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.

Kantianism
the philosophy of Emmanuel Kant, asserting that the nature of the mind renders it unable to know reality immediately, that the mind interprets data presented to it as phenomena in space and time, and that the reason, in order to find a meaningful basis for experience or in order for ethical conduct to exist, may postulate things unknowable to it, as the existence of a soul. — Kantist, n.Kantian, adj.
See also: Philosophy


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
There are many kinds of Agnosticism as follows; Nominalism, Empiricism, Kantianism, Theory of Unconditioned and Logical Positivism.
227) It is hardly surprising that a moral philosophy that embraces elements of Kantianism and utilitarianism and defends Golden Rule reasoning (which, remember, Kant dismissed as trivial) should have been the subject of an immense amount of philosophical debate.
On reason-independent desires, see BERLIN, supra note 10, at 19 (discussing Kantianism as giving rise to a "positive conception of freedom as self-mastery .
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2010 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.