In the Critique of the Power of Judgment, Kant claims that the judgment of taste is based on a subjective principle, but it has universal validity. This subjective principle determines what pleases and what displeases us only through feeling—not through concepts. The a priori character of taste reflects the transcendental principle of the general acceptability, and only such a transcendental pr...

The name of Kant, a German philosopher (1724-1804) is immortal in the history of modern western Philosophy. Prime reason for this has been his simple life of abstinence and continuous ethical thinking. He lived a much disciplined life. He is believed to have practiced his routine life more strictly than the watch itself. From waking up in the morning to going to the bed at night, every minute o...

the aim of this paper is to depict the psychological element in phenomenological analysis of the human subjectivity. this analysis should be considered within the philosophical context provided by philosophers of 18th and 19th centuries, and very specifically by kant as his transcendental philosophy was a turning point for later debates on the human subjectivity. in this paper, i will consider ...

In the first part of The Ethical Project Philip Kitcher provides a naturalistic account of the function of ethical practice. Though he conceives of this as an unashamedly empirical task— Kitcher denies that the function of ethical practice is to get at the ethical truth, or to get people to behave in accordance with the ethical truth—it is not one that he thinks has a debunking upshot. Instead ...

Abstract In multiple parts of the Critique Pure Reason , Kant describes how time is dependent on space – which fundament his distinction between inner and outer sense. However, he does not provide us with an argument for this dependency. article, two reasons dependency thesis are introduced. The first one aims at providing a conceptual link but runs into conflict Transcendental Aesthetic. secon...