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Kant´i`an`ism
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: PhilosophyHow 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. |
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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 . |
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