In Defence of Reason

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-07408-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1951, In Defence of Reason is a series of philosophical essays written at various times. Some of them are devoted to the interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, a subject which the author has made specially his own. Many of them, however, are concerned with more general topics, among which may be mentioned fashion and philosophy, self-identity, and Existentialism as an attitude to life. The main interest throughout is the defence of reason against views which reduce man to a plaything of circumstances and make his moral judgments the mere expression of non-rational emotions. This book will appeal to students and researchers of philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paton, H. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Fashion and Philosophy  2. Kant’s Analysis of Experience  3. The Key to Kant’s Deduction of the Categories  4. Is the Transcendental Deduction a Patchwork?  5. ‘Kant’s So-called Copernican Revolution’  6. Self-Identity  7. Can Reason be Practical?  8. Kant’s Idea of the Good  9. The Alleged Independence of Goodness  10. The Emotive Theory of Ethics  11. Existentialism as an Attitude to Life  12. Justice Among Nations  13. Kant’s Views on International Law  14. Plato’s Theory of EIKAEIA

Über Autor(innen)

H.J. Paton (1887–1969) was White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford and Fellow of the British Academy.