Hume was more important in the development of philosophy than Kant

Before I began I have to note a lot of pros case I see no reason to refute. It’s granted that both philosophers had immense importance in the development of philosophy. It’s just a question of which outweighs the other. As far as I see it, this debate will be much about comparing contributions and arguing the degrees of importance rather than direct negations.Pro’s caseA) I obviously agree that Kant was influenced by Hume. I do not reject the contention in itself rather just the importance of it. I think it bears some weight that Kantian and Humean philosophy are almost entirely at odds. The two were adversaries. It is not as if Kant’s philosophy was an attempt to complete Hume’s philosophy, otherwise pro would have quite a good point. The path that Hume’s philosophy went, was not followed by Kant. Furthermore, it’s not as if Hume is responsible for Kantian philosophy except just that he was part of the causal process. Every philosopher is influenced by his previous philosophers. It doesn’t mean it takes away from his contribution. When you think of all the people Kant influenced, you don’t say that simply because Hume influenced Kant, it follows that they were influenced by Hume. Kant would be the one who deserved full credit which undermines pros argument.B) The problem of induction just shows how problematic Hume was. While it was influential, the fact that philosophers would only want to overcome it, undermines its value. Contributions of value are the most important. No one wants skepticism. Thus Hume’s influence was not as important as Kant’s. See contention 1.C) Granted, it was influential. But influential in what sense? You don’t see theories stemming off the is/ought fallacy. Kant on the other hand, had a system of ethics that just about any deontologist will take from and consequentialist will be hard pressed to refute. See contention 3.My case 1. Kant brought philosophy to a better place than Hume/Kant’s influence was more important.Hume brought philosophy to a difficult place. His philosophy lead to skepticism a doctrine that whether it be true or not, no one wants to find himself. Kant revolutionized philosophy. Because of where Hume’s philosophy lead, philosophers want to refute him. Hume lead philosophy to a dire place. My opponent even stated that the problem of induction lead to murky waters. Kantian philosophy however was a very positive influence to philosophy.So why is it important that Hume was a problematic philosopher? Well Hume was just someone who people wanted to overcome. In other words, they, for the most part, strove to refute him in order to justify their philosophy. That’s very important because the problems he posed are not influential in the sense that philosophers develop theories off of them generally. As stated, they are just problems needed to be overcome. Kant on the other hand, heavily influenced post philosophical theories. People could expand on Kant. Kant was revolutionary. When you think of Hume, you think skepticism. When you think of Kant you think Copernican revolution. Kant’s influences were more important than Humes because they were more valuable to philosophy. 2. Kantian epistemology/metaphysics was revolutionary.Prior to Kant, rationalism and empiricism were two highly debated epistemic theories. There was much division between the two sides. Kant brought an entirely new theory to epistemology. He advocated a sort of synthesis of both rationalism and empiricism. This synthesis was a highly important turning point in epistemology. Prior to Kant, it was rationalism vs. empiricism entirely. Kant entered a revolutionary new theory into the discussion. [1]Kant not only devised a whole new theory, he also critiqued the types of knowledge. A priori and a posteriori are the two most known types of knowledge. Kant took a great deal of time discussing analytic and synthetic a priori/a posteriori knowledge. Most famous is his idea of synthetic a priori knowledge. A priori knowledge was largely attributed to being analytic but Kant showed that synthetic a priori knowledge was not just probable but common. One example would be mathematics. 5+7=12 is a synthetic a priori proposition because nothing in the definition of 12 do we get 5+7. No matter how much we analyze the individual terms, we can only reach the outcome by synthetic a priori justification. The idea of synthetic a priori knowledge was quite new and original. [1] 3. Kant was very influential in ethics Kant’s deontological ethics were very important. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy even states, “He is the most important proponent in philosophical history of deontological, or duty based,ethics.”[2]Most famous is his categorical imperative where he distinguished from the hypothetical imperative, but he also addressed many other ethical issues. For example, he advanced the notion that emotion is not relevant to morality. If a person helps someone solely out of his sense of compassion, that is not really a moral act. But if he helps the person out of a sense of duty, it is very much so. This helps bring discussion to the fact that plenty of people are not born with emotional attributes of patience, kindness etc…But everyone can still act based off of their duty. This also can be applied to sales people. If they keep their sales at a fair price solely because it helps them get good business, this is not moral. If they do it out of duty however, it is. Kant also introduced the idea that moral responsibility requires free-will and that the intent of the action is what mattered rather than the consequence. Kant’s ethics very much contrasted with utilitarianism and other consequentialist based ethics. Deontologists however, rely much on his philosophy. [3] 4. Kant was the father of German IdealismGerman Idealism began with Kants philosophy. He initiated it. Kant's transcendental idealism was about the differences between cognitive appearances and things in themselves. Afterwards, philosophers like Hegel and Fichte took Kant's philosophy further to absolute idealism. Kant also held the position that space and time were forms of intuition. German Idealism partially stemmed from such ideas. Kant’s moral philosophy also had an effect on German Idealists and Fichte even wrote “I have been living in a new world ever since reading the Critique of Practical Reason,” The basis of duty and practical reason over theoretical reason in Kantian philosophy was part of which that struck Fichte most.[4]5. Kant influenced Romantic philosophy significantly Northup Frye claimed that "the shadow of Kant's [philosophy] falls across the whole of the Romantic movement."[5] Kant was very influential on Romanticism though he was not one himself. The Romanticists did not fully accept Kant’s dualistic distinction of the noumena and phenomena but were very influenced by it. Also Kant’s defense of free-will was important to the Romanticists. [6]“Kant’s emphasis on the sublime as subjective experience anticipates the Romantic aim of evoking the emotions and unlocking the depths of subjectivity. That meant that painting should follow music, aiming at the emotions through natural signs, generated by an artist who was able to feel and express the very emotions caused in the observer. The authenticity and spontaneity of the artist become increasingly important. Painting that is deliberately emotive need no longer obey the rules of the academics, and artists begin to paint musically:”[7]Sources[1] http://www.iep.utm.edu...[2] http://www.iep.utm.edu...[3] Warburton Nigel. A Little History of Philosophy, chapter 20[4] www.iep.utm.edu/germidea/#H1[5] http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu...[6] http://www.kritike.org...[7]http://www.academia.edu...