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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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But by far the dominant modes of ethical thinking in universities today come from the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: Kantianism and utilitarianism. It is difficult not to notice shades of Kantianism here. Several contributors respond decidedly in favor of America's engagement in what Professor Stephen Webb calls 'evangelical Kantianism. |
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