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  2. Apr 21, 2022 · More specifically, Kant is portrayed as advocating a kind of “humanizing” of philosophy itself, with respect to its methodology and primary subject matter, its claims about what are to serve as philosophical “principles,” and the resulting philosophical vision that follows from these principles.

  3. May 20, 2010 · The fundamental idea of Kant’s “critical philosophy” – especially in his three Critiques: the Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 1787), the Critique of Practical Reason (1788), and the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790) – is human autonomy.

  4. Feb 26, 2001 · Hume wrote forcefully and incisively on almost every central question in the philosophy of religion, contributing to ongoing debates about the reliability of reports of miracles, the immateriality and immortality of the soul, the morality of suicide, and the natural history of religion, among others.

  5. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects (1739–40) is a book by Scottish philosopher David Hume, considered by many to be Hume's most important work and one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. [1]

  6. May 27, 2019 · According to a philosophical commonplace, Aristotle defined human beings as rational animals. When one takes a closer look at the surviving texts, however, it is surprisingly hard to find such a definition.

    • Christian Kietzmann, Geert Keil, Nora Kreft
    • 2019
  7. Feb 26, 2001 · The most important philosopher ever to write in English, David Hume (1711-1776) — the last of the great triumvirate of “British empiricists” — was also well-known in his own time as an historian and essayist. A master stylist in any genre, Hume's major philosophical works — A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740), the Enquiries ...

  8. Jun 27, 2020 · In common with Hume, Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) believed morality should be based in human nature. Hobbes focused on the dark side of human nature and claimed people were naturally motivated by self-interest, a state referred to as psychological egoism .

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