Kohl, M. 1979-
Kant on freedom and rational agency / by Markus Kohl - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023. - e-book contains 399 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-390) and index.
Contents
Front Matter
Copyright Page
Preface and Acknowledgments
Notes on Sources and Key to Abbreviations and Translations
ExpandIntroduction
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Part 1 The Basic Framework of Kant’s Doctrine
Markus Kohl
ExpandI Freedom, Idealism, and Standpoints
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ExpandII Human Action as the Effect of Two Causes
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ExpandIII Freedom as Autonomous Self-Determination
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Part 2 The Grounds of Kant’s Incompatibilism about Free Will
Markus Kohl
ExpandIV Legislative Freedom and Kant’s Genealogical Anxiety
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ExpandV Executive Freedom, Determinism, and the Categorical Imperative
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Part 3 Freedom of Thought as a Species of Transcendental Freedom
Markus Kohl
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ExpandVI Kant’s Free Thinker
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ExpandVII Freedom of Thought as a Condition of Theoretical Cognition
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Part 4 Kant’s Justification of the Belief in Free Will
Markus Kohl
ExpandVIII Kant’s Moral Grounding of Free Will
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ExpandIX Kant’s Theoretical Defense of Moral Freedom
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Part 5 Freedom in Kant’s Aesthetics and the Unity of Kant’s Doctrine
Markus Kohl
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ExpandX Freedom of Imagination and the “Autonomy of Taste”
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End Matter
Bibliography
Index
Abstract
Kant on Freedom and Rational Agency provides an original, comprehensive interpretation of Kant’s doctrine of freedom. It shows that for Kant absolute transcendental freedom or rational autonomy is the necessary presupposition of all meaningful, norm-governed human agency in its moral, epistemic, and aesthetic dimensions. The book thereby gives a compelling sense to Kant’s estimation that freedom is a “cardinal point,” even the “keystone” of his entire critical philosophy. Kant’s doctrine of freedom emerges as a systematic critique of a naturalistic worldview that regards all our capacities, representations, and actions as the causal upshot of natural laws and forces. The book shows why Kant holds that the naturalistic worldview fatally undermines our self-conception as rational agents. Kant’s critique of naturalism culminates in the argument that naturalistic cognizers cannot explain away our freedom from natural forces because they must presuppose such freedom in their own cognitive efforts when they aim to devise rationally valid naturalistic theories.
9780191986222 GBP232.88
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198873143.001.0001 DOI:
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Liberty--Philosophy.
Free will and determinism.
Intellectual freedom.
Free thought.
Agent (Philosophy)
Naturalism.
Liberté--Philosophie.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Liberté de pensée.
Libre pensée.
Naturalisme.
naturalism (philosophical movement)
Liberty--Philosophy
Western Philosophy - History, Metaphysics
123.5092 / KOH/K
Kant on freedom and rational agency / by Markus Kohl - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023. - e-book contains 399 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-390) and index.
Contents
Front Matter
Copyright Page
Preface and Acknowledgments
Notes on Sources and Key to Abbreviations and Translations
ExpandIntroduction
View chapter
Part 1 The Basic Framework of Kant’s Doctrine
Markus Kohl
ExpandI Freedom, Idealism, and Standpoints
View chapter
ExpandII Human Action as the Effect of Two Causes
View chapter
ExpandIII Freedom as Autonomous Self-Determination
View chapter
Part 2 The Grounds of Kant’s Incompatibilism about Free Will
Markus Kohl
ExpandIV Legislative Freedom and Kant’s Genealogical Anxiety
View chapter
ExpandV Executive Freedom, Determinism, and the Categorical Imperative
View chapter
Part 3 Freedom of Thought as a Species of Transcendental Freedom
Markus Kohl
View part front matter
ExpandVI Kant’s Free Thinker
View chapter
ExpandVII Freedom of Thought as a Condition of Theoretical Cognition
View chapter
Part 4 Kant’s Justification of the Belief in Free Will
Markus Kohl
ExpandVIII Kant’s Moral Grounding of Free Will
View chapter
ExpandIX Kant’s Theoretical Defense of Moral Freedom
View chapter
Part 5 Freedom in Kant’s Aesthetics and the Unity of Kant’s Doctrine
Markus Kohl
View part front matter
ExpandX Freedom of Imagination and the “Autonomy of Taste”
View chapter
End Matter
Bibliography
Index
Abstract
Kant on Freedom and Rational Agency provides an original, comprehensive interpretation of Kant’s doctrine of freedom. It shows that for Kant absolute transcendental freedom or rational autonomy is the necessary presupposition of all meaningful, norm-governed human agency in its moral, epistemic, and aesthetic dimensions. The book thereby gives a compelling sense to Kant’s estimation that freedom is a “cardinal point,” even the “keystone” of his entire critical philosophy. Kant’s doctrine of freedom emerges as a systematic critique of a naturalistic worldview that regards all our capacities, representations, and actions as the causal upshot of natural laws and forces. The book shows why Kant holds that the naturalistic worldview fatally undermines our self-conception as rational agents. Kant’s critique of naturalism culminates in the argument that naturalistic cognizers cannot explain away our freedom from natural forces because they must presuppose such freedom in their own cognitive efforts when they aim to devise rationally valid naturalistic theories.
9780191986222 GBP232.88
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198873143.001.0001 DOI:
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Liberty--Philosophy.
Free will and determinism.
Intellectual freedom.
Free thought.
Agent (Philosophy)
Naturalism.
Liberté--Philosophie.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Liberté de pensée.
Libre pensée.
Naturalisme.
naturalism (philosophical movement)
Liberty--Philosophy
Western Philosophy - History, Metaphysics
123.5092 / KOH/K
