Philosophy
Imagine if the conceptual basis of just about every single belief you ever had, not just as a layman but as a professional and conscientious intellectual, were suddenly shattered by the writings of a single man? That's exactly what happened to Immanuel Kant when he read the work of David Hume.
To his credit, and despite the tremendous existential angst he must have experienced as a result of reading the skeptical arguments proposed by the Scotsman, Kant recognized that Hume had to be taken seriously, and subsequently spent the rest of his mature career trying to overcome the problems posed by Hume. Whether or to what extent Kant succeeded in refuting Hume is still a matter of debate, but no one can deny that in his attempt, Kant would become the one of the most important and influential philosophers of all time, perhaps second only to Aristotle.
Here to discuss the history, importance, breadth and influence of this German thinker are philosophers Bryan Magee and Geoffrey Warnock:
And for more on these fascinating discussions, check out the Bryan Magee tag.
- John Passmore On David Hume
When we try to make sense of our experience of the world, we almost inevitably presuppose certain concepts as either necessary and indispensable or as obviously true. Reasonable people, we tend to suppose, are those whose beliefs reflect the amount and...
- Anthony Quinton On Spinoza & Leibniz
Once Descartes set the agenda and got modern philosophy started, the greatest thinkers of Europe divided into roughly two camps: the empiricists, like Locke, Berkeley and Hume, who argued that substantive knowledge about the world comes exclusively from...
- Justice - What Is The Right Thing To Do?
Episode 6. No ethics course can be complete without an exploration of one of the strangest and most important moral theories out there: Immanuel Kant's deontology (or duty-based morality). Kant argues that morality is not simply a matter of social...
- European Philosophers And Japanese Anime?
This is totally bizarre. I am sure that this arrangement is superficial and watered down but, not able to have the book and read Japanese, I gather it is strictly introductory. Give it a try...it might just work. "Japan Has A Book Of European Philosophers...
- Shot Over Kant
What a bizarre story. Even in my day heated arguments went no furher that some pushing, shoving, and verbal abuse and that was probably not over Kant, but Sartre. The Associate Press posted... An argument in southern Russia over philosopher Immanuel...
Philosophy
Geoffrey Warnock on Kant
To his credit, and despite the tremendous existential angst he must have experienced as a result of reading the skeptical arguments proposed by the Scotsman, Kant recognized that Hume had to be taken seriously, and subsequently spent the rest of his mature career trying to overcome the problems posed by Hume. Whether or to what extent Kant succeeded in refuting Hume is still a matter of debate, but no one can deny that in his attempt, Kant would become the one of the most important and influential philosophers of all time, perhaps second only to Aristotle.
Here to discuss the history, importance, breadth and influence of this German thinker are philosophers Bryan Magee and Geoffrey Warnock:
And for more on these fascinating discussions, check out the Bryan Magee tag.
- John Passmore On David Hume
When we try to make sense of our experience of the world, we almost inevitably presuppose certain concepts as either necessary and indispensable or as obviously true. Reasonable people, we tend to suppose, are those whose beliefs reflect the amount and...
- Anthony Quinton On Spinoza & Leibniz
Once Descartes set the agenda and got modern philosophy started, the greatest thinkers of Europe divided into roughly two camps: the empiricists, like Locke, Berkeley and Hume, who argued that substantive knowledge about the world comes exclusively from...
- Justice - What Is The Right Thing To Do?
Episode 6. No ethics course can be complete without an exploration of one of the strangest and most important moral theories out there: Immanuel Kant's deontology (or duty-based morality). Kant argues that morality is not simply a matter of social...
- European Philosophers And Japanese Anime?
This is totally bizarre. I am sure that this arrangement is superficial and watered down but, not able to have the book and read Japanese, I gather it is strictly introductory. Give it a try...it might just work. "Japan Has A Book Of European Philosophers...
- Shot Over Kant
What a bizarre story. Even in my day heated arguments went no furher that some pushing, shoving, and verbal abuse and that was probably not over Kant, but Sartre. The Associate Press posted... An argument in southern Russia over philosopher Immanuel...