Here Kant tries to establish the truth of Christianity, by first establishing the immortality of the soul and the existence of God. It stands midway between the Critique of Pure Reason and the Critique of Judgement. Published in 1788, the Critique of Practical Reason forms the central focus of Kant's thinking. So, while distinguishing the provinces of materialism and idealism, he attempted to find a bond of union between them. In Kant's view Pure Reason teaches that human knowledge is based on experience but Practical Reason recognizes that there are a priori in the mind certain notions independent of experience the ideas of human liberty, God and immortality. However, as Bertrand Russell points out, the awakening was only temporary, and he soon invented a soporific which enabled him to sleep again. Kant claimed that he was 'awakened from his dogmatic slumbers' by Hume's criticism of the concept of cause and effect. INTRODUCTION TO The Critiques of Pure & Practical Reason It is the oldest of the sciences"įull Text: Practical Reason - Pure Reason Squashed down to read in about 45 minutes Squashed Philosophers - Kant - Critiques of Reason
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