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9780230224322

Kant and the Human Sciences Biology, Anthropology and History

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    9780230224322

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    0230224326

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Focusing on a neglected area of Kant's thought that is now receiving much more attention from Kant scholars, the author presents a unique exploration of one of the world's most widely read philosophers.

Author Biography

ALIX COHEN is lecturer in philosophy at the University of Leeds, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figuresp. vii
Abbreviationsp. viii
Acknowledgementsp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Freedom and the Human Sciencesp. 1
The freedom at stake in the human sciencesp. 1
The standpoint of the human sciencesp. 8
The Model of Biological Sciencep. 14
The part-whole relationship in organismsp. 14
Teleology and the origin of life: Epigenesis vs. preformationp. 21
Teleology and the human races: Monogenesis vs. polygenesisp. 25
Freedom, intentionality and the antinomy of reflective judgementp. 29
What Is the Human Being?p. 35
Anthropology vs. alienologyp. 35
The three levels of human praxis and their aliensp. 35
Sincere aliens vs. deceitful humansp. 40
Sincere aliens vs. opaque humansp. 44
The difficulties faced by the human scincesp. 52
Methodological considerationsp. 52
Experimental considerationsp. 55
Metaphysical considerationsp. 58
Pragmatic Anthropologyp. 61
The Pragmatic domain as the field of human actionp. 62
The object of pragmatic anthropologyp. 62
The method of pragmatic anthropologyp. 65
The aim of pragmatic anthropologyp. 68
A twofold method: Natural vs. pragmatic anthropologyp. 71
The interplay between manifest and latent functions: Intentionalism vs. functionalismp. 71
Anthropology characterisation: Natural human types an Nature's purposesp. 76
The ethical contributions of anthropologyp. 84
Anthropology as a support to the practicability of moral willingp. 86
Anthropology as a help to moral efficacyp. 89
Anthropology as a map-making venturep. 105
Philosophy Historyp. 109
The antinomy of history: Teleology vs. mechanism in historical explanationsp. 110
The part-whole relationship in the human speciesp. 110
Empirical history: A mechanical account of human intentionsp. 114
Philosophical history: A teleological account of Nature's intentionsp. 117
From the civilisation of society to the moralisation of the human beingp. 122
The teleological story of civilisation: A natural history of the human speciesp. 124
The teleological story of moralisation: A moral history of the human speciesp. 130
Pragmatic history: The moral politician vs. the political moralistp. 136
Epilogue: A Pragmatic Counterpart to the Transcendental Project?p. 143
Notesp. 146
Bibliographyp. 185
Indexp. 194
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