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Kantianism

KAHN-tee-uh-niz-uhm
Also Known As Critical Philosophy
Epistemology

The school of thought built on Immanuel Kant's critical philosophy, which holds that human understanding actively structures experience through a priori forms and concepts. Kant's approach sought to synthesize rationalism and empiricism, and to show that scientific knowledge, morality and religious belief all rest on a single foundation: human autonomy, exercised within the limits of possible experience rather than beyond them.

Facts
Start Year
1781 1
Dated to the publication of the Critique of Pure Reason, conventionally taken as the founding text of Kant's critical philosophy.
Founded Date
1781-01-01 1
Region
Prussia (Germany) 1
Classification
Tradition
Modern or Enlightenment 1
Connections

Associated With

Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Heinrich Rickert
Source Wilhelm Windelband (1001 Philosophers)

Founded By

Source Kant, Immanuel (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

In Branch

In Tradition

Tradition Of

Source Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Heinrich Rickert
Source Wikipedia: Helga Varden
Source Wilhelm Windelband (1001 Philosophers)
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Sources
1. Kant, Immanuel (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Introduction
    The fundamental idea of Kant's 'critical philosophy' - especially in his three Critiques...is human autonomy.
  • Founded By: Immanuel Kant
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Heinrich Rickert
  • Associated With: Heinrich Rickert, Contents, Neo-Kantianism
    1. Southwestern Neo-Kantianism vs. Marburg Neo-Kantianism
  • Tradition Of: Heinrich Rickert, Contents, Neo-Kantianism
    1. Southwestern Neo-Kantianism vs. Marburg Neo-Kantianism
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Wilhelm Windelband (1001 Philosophers)
  • Associated With: Wilhelm Windelband, Summary, neo-Kantianism
    the founder, with Heinrich Rickert, of the Southwest German School of neo-Kantianism
  • Tradition Of: Wilhelm Windelband, Summary, neo-Kantianism
    the founder, with Heinrich Rickert, of the Southwest German School of neo-Kantianism
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Wikipedia: Helga Varden
WikipediaTradition Of: Helga Varden, Infobox: school_tradition
Quote, Tradition Of: Helga Varden, Infobox: school_tradition
Kantianism
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