This book explores the intricate relationship between becoming an individual person and knowing oneself as such by studying Kant's distinctive account of psychological personhood. It will be of interest to scholars of the history of philosophy, as well as of philosophy of mind a…
"As the preeminent Enlightenment philosopher, Immanuel Kant is famous for emphasizing that each and every one of us is called to "make use of one's own understanding without direction from another" (Enlightenment, 8:35). We are all called to make up our own minds, independently …
As the pre-eminent Enlightenment philosopher, Kant famously calls on all humans to make up their own minds, independently from the constraints imposed on them by others. Kant's focus, however, is on universal human reason, and he tells us little about what makes us individual pe…
"As the preeminent Enlightenment philosopher, Immanuel Kant is famous for emphasizing that each and every one of us is called to "make use of one's own understanding without direction from another" (Enlightenment, 8:35). We are all called to make up our own minds, independently …