Kant: Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View

by Edited by Robert B. Louden , Manfred Kuehn

• ISBN13: 9780521855563
• ISBN10: 052185556X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 3/20/2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View essentially reflects the last lectures Kant gave for his annual course in anthropology, which he taught from 1772 until his retirement in 1796. The lectures were published in 1798, with the largest first printing of any of Kant's works. Intended for a broad audience, they reveal not only Kant's unique contribution to the newly emerging discipline of anthropology, but also his desire to offer students a practical view of the world and of humanity's place in it. With its focus on what the human being 'as a free-acting being makes of himself or can and should make of himself,' the Anthropology also offers readers an application of some central elements of Kant's philosophy. This volume offers a new annotated translation of the text by Robert B. Louden, together with an introduction by Manfred Kuehn that explores the context and themes of the lectures.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Chronology	xxx
Further reading	xxxiii
Note on the text and translation	xxxvi
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View	1	(2)
Preface	3	(4)
Contents	7	(6)
Part I Anthropological Didactic. On the way of cognizing the interior as well as the exterior of the human being	13	(170)
On the cognitive faculty	15	(110)
The feeling of pleasure and displeasure	125	(24)
On the faculty of desire	149	(34)
Part II Anthropological Characteristic. On the way of cognizing the interior of the human being from the exterior	183	(56)
Index	239