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What is the Human Being? (Paperback)
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What is the Human Being? (Paperback)
Series: Kant's Questions
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Philosophers, anthropologists and biologists have long puzzled over
the question of human nature. It is also a question that Kant
thought about deeply and returned to in many of his writings. In
this lucid and wide-ranging introduction to Kant's philosophy of
human nature - which is essential for understanding his thought as
a whole - Patrick R. Frierson assesses Kant's theories and examines
his critics. He begins by explaining how Kant articulates three
ways of addressing the question 'what is the human being?': the
transcendental, the empirical, and the pragmatic. He then considers
some of the great theorists of human nature who wrestle with Kant's
views, such as Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Freud;
contemporary thinkers such as E.O.Wilson and Daniel Dennett, who
have sought biological explanations of human nature; Thomas Kuhn,
Michel Foucault, and Clifford Geertz, who emphasize the diversity
of human beings in different times and places; and existentialist
philosophers such as Sartre and Heidegger. He argues that whilst
these approaches challenge and enrich Kant's views in significant
ways, all suffer from serious weaknesses that Kant's anthropology
can address. Taking a core insight of Kant's - that human beings
are fundamentally free but finite - he argues that it is the
existentialists, particularly Sartre, who are the most direct heirs
of his transcendental anthropology. The final part of the book is
an extremely helpful overview of the work of contemporary
philosophers, particularly Christine Korsgaard and Jurgen Habermas.
Patrick R. Frierson explains how these philosophers engage with
questions of naturalism, historicism, and existentialism while
developing Kantian conceptions of the human being. Including
chapter summaries and annotated further reading, What is the Human
Being? is an outstanding introduction to some fundamental aspects
of Kant's thought and a judicious assessment of leading theories of
human nature. It is essential reading for all students of Kant and
the philosophy of human nature, as well as those in related
disciplines such as anthropology, politics and sociology.
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