Kant
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- proper noun
- /kænt/
- The philosopher Kant argued that our perception of reality is shaped by innate concepts in the mind.
- Immanuel Kant
- Kant's philosophy
- Kant's Critique
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Watch on YouTubeThe philosopher, even if he is Kant, is a creator.
- The philosopher, even if he is Kant, is a creator.
- So that's where Kant says that humans got things right.
- How many moral laws, from Kant's point of view, are there in this room?
- Is any of this a problem for Mill and Kant?
- So for me, I found that I talk about Kant in the book.
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Most famously, Immanuel Kant distinguished between the agreeable, which is subjective, and the beautiful, which is objective.
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In his lecture, the professor explained several concepts developed by Kant regarding ethics and morality.
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According to Kant, the only good in the world is the good will.
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So, you know, Kant is open to so many interpretations.
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l'm just trying to imagine what Kant would make of this.
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How many moral laws, from Kant's point of view, are there in this room?
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Well, the philosopher Kant once wrote that we're all born with rose-tinted glasses, and that we can never take them off.
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The 19th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
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The usual distinction is between a principle-based morality, as advocated by Immanuel Kant, and utilitarianism, a morality based on consequences.
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Many students find Kant's ideas challenging yet essential for understanding modern philosophy.
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A German philosopher from the 1700s who wrote important books about how we know things and how people should act
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Etymology
Kant is a German family name that comes from an old word like Kante meaning 'edge' or 'rim'. A helpful image is a house on the edge of a hill, so the name probably described where a family lived, and that is the surname we use for the philosopher Immanuel Kant.