Immanuel Kant
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- proper noun
- /ɪˈmænʊəl kɑnt/
- Immanuel Kant's work laid the foundation for much of modern Western philosophy.
Examples
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Debates about morality often refer back to the arguments made by Immanuel Kant.
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Many students encounter the theories of Immanuel Kant in introductory philosophy courses.
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The works of Immanuel Kant have greatly influenced modern philosophy.
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Many students study Immanuel Kant in their philosophy courses.
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Immanuel Kant's work laid the foundation for much of modern Western philosophy.
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Debates about morality often refer back to the arguments made by Immanuel Kant.
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Many students encounter the theories of Immanuel Kant in introductory philosophy courses.
Synonyms
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A German thinker whose work is about what we can know, what is right and wrong, and what is real
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sequence is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; knowing the constituents 'Immanuel' and 'Kant' only signals that this is a person's name, not that the person is an influential German philosopher or details about his work. The encyclopedic meaning (philosopher, dates, famous works) is not derivable from the parts and requires prior cultural/biographical knowledge, so it is not transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Immanuel Kant was a philosopher who argued that our mind gives order to what we experience, not just copies the world. Imagine a picture frame shaping a picture—this idea, explained in his book 'Critique of Pure Reason', is why his name now stands for a thinker who changed how we understand knowledge and right and wrong.