Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaKantian anthropology: a science like no other
In this essay I begin by examining Kant’s criteria for “proper science” as presented in the Preface to his Metaphysical Foundations of Science, and then ask whether Kantian anthropology can possibly qualify as a proper science according to these demanding criteria. I defend a qualified ‘yes’ answer...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Lenguaje: | Portugués |
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Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/ek/article/view/4121 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/72586 |
| Sumario: | In this essay I begin by examining Kant’s criteria for “proper science” as presented in the Preface to his Metaphysical Foundations of Science, and then ask whether Kantian anthropology can possibly qualify as a proper science according to these demanding criteria. I defend a qualified ‘yes’ answer to this question, while also drawing attention to several less tidy aspects of his anthropology project that are difficult to fit onto the Procrustean bed of science. |
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