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The primacy of practical reason in Kant's philosophy.

Wong, Po Lam. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Table of Contents / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter I. --- Preliminary Analysis --- p.3 / Chapter a) --- The Importance of the Problem of Practical Primacy --- p.3 / Chapter b) --- "“Reason,´ح “Speculative,´ح “Theoretical´ح and “Practical´ح" --- p.5 / Chapter i) --- The Concept “Reason´ح --- p.5 / Chapter ii) --- “Speculative,´ح “Theoretical´ح and “Practical´ح --- p.7 / Chapter c) --- Reason´ةs Interest --- p.13 / Chapter d) --- Two Perspectives of the Problem of the Primacy --- p.17 / Chapter II. --- Unity and Teleology of Reason as a whole --- p.21 / Chapter a) --- Preliminary --- p.21 / Chapter i) --- Unity of Reason and Moral Theology --- p.21 / Chapter ii) --- An Inconsistency presented in Groundwork and the Second Critique --- p.23 / Chapter b) --- Arguments for the Unity of Reason in the First and Second Critiques --- p.25 / Chapter i) --- Argument from Similarity --- p.25 / Chapter ii) --- Primacy of the Practical in the First and Second Critiques --- p.28 / Chapter iii) --- Other Considerations for the Unity of Reason --- p.32 / Chapter c) --- New Approach to the Unity of Reason --- p.36 / Chapter i) --- Failure in the Argument from Similarity --- p.37 / Chapter ii) --- Idea of a Fundamental Power as a Key to the Problem of the Unity of Reason --- p.38 / Chapter d) --- Unification of Reason --- p.42 / Chapter i) --- Unification of Reason in the First and Second Critiques --- p.42 / Chapter ii) --- Theoretical Reason: From Empirical Laws to Teleological Order of Nature --- p.46 / Chapter iii) --- The Ideas of a Moral World and a Wise Creator --- p.54 / Chapter iv) --- Primacy of the Practical Reconsidered --- p.60 / Chapter III. --- The Superiority of the Practical on Moral Theology --- p.62 / Chapter a) --- The Moral Proof for the Existence of God --- p.62 / Chapter b) --- The Distinction of Knowledge and Faith --- p.68 / Chapter c) --- The Postulate of the Existence of God --- p.73 / Conclusion --- p.80 / References --- p.81

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326351
Date January 2008
ContributorsWong, Po Lam., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Philosophy.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iv, 83 p. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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