The idea of the end: Kant’s philosophical eschatology
Kant’s late essay ‘The End of All Things’ (1794) establishes a distinctly modern field of inquiry that has fittingly been called ‘philosophical eschatology’ by asking, ‘why do human beings expect an end of the world at all?’ (AA 8:330) Interpretation of the essay’s purpose and argument have usually...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Année: 2021, Volume: 82, Numéro: 1, Pages: 17-33 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804, Das Ende aller Dinge
/ Eschatologie
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| RelBib Classification: | NBQ Eschatologie TJ Époque moderne VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
ideas of reason
B Ends B Immanuel Kant B Eschatology B Teleology |
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| Résumé: | Kant’s late essay ‘The End of All Things’ (1794) establishes a distinctly modern field of inquiry that has fittingly been called ‘philosophical eschatology’ by asking, ‘why do human beings expect an end of the world at all?’ (AA 8:330) Interpretation of the essay’s purpose and argument have usually taken one of two routes: Kant is either understood as writing an esoteric political critique under the guise of the philosophy of religion, or as being focused largely on problems related to the immortality of the soul as a postulate of pure practical reason. In contrast, I argue that the essay presents the end of all things as a cosmological idea of reason. In this essay I trace Kant’s idea of an end as its preconditions are established through the three Critiques, and finally made explicit in his late work. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2021.1882330 |