The Political Implications of Kant's Theory of Knowledge [electronic resource] : Rethinking Progress /
Lahat, G.author.
Based on an insightful and innovative reading of Kant's theory of knowledge, this book explores the political implications of Kant's philosophical writings on knowledge. It suggests that Kant offers a stable foundation for the reconsideration of the idea of progress as crucial in matters of political management at the outset of the 21st Century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - On the Concept of Progress -- PART I: WHAT CAN WE KNOW? -- 1. Kant's Theory of Knowledge -- 2. A Proposal for Three Boundaries of Cognition -- 3. The Regulative Idea -- PART II: WHAT OUGHT WE DO? -- 4. The Primacy of Practical Reason -- 5. Setting the Moral Principle as Categorical Imperative -- 6. The Essence of the Categorical Imperative -- PART III: WHAT CAN WE HOPE FOR? -- 7. The Political According to Kant -- 8. Regulative Politics -- Conclusion: On the Possibility of Regulative Progress -- Author's Notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Based on an insightful and innovative reading of Kant's theory of knowledge, this book explores the political implications of Kant's philosophical writings on knowledge. It suggests that Kant offers a stable foundation for the reconsideration of the idea of progress as crucial in matters of political management at the outset of the 21st Century.
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Public policy.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political theory.
World politics.
Political science.
Public Policy.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Theory.
Political History.
Political Science.