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A doctrine of knowledge of the human being, systematically formulated (anthropology), can exist either in a physiological or in a pragmatic point of view. – Physiological knowledge of the human being concerns the investigation of what nature makes of the human being; pragmatic, the investigation of what he as a free-acting being makes of ...
5 giu 2012 · On natural aptitude. To say that the human being has a good disposition means that he is not stubborn but compliant; that he may get angry, but is easily appeased and bears no grudge (is negatively good). Type. Chapter. Information. Kant: Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View , pp. 185 - 203.
Summary. In order to indicate a character of a certain being's species, it is necessary that it be grasped under one concept with other species known to us. But also, the characteristic property ( proprietas) by which they differ from each other has to be stated and used as a basis for distinguishing them. – But if we are comparing a kind of ...
preface of Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, as the interpreta-tion of what nature makes of a human being (physiology), and race does not belong “yet” to the pragmatic dimension of anthropology but rather to its physiological dimension. However, as soon as race becomes the investigation of what the human being “as free agent ...
5 giu 2012 · On consciousness of oneself. The fact that the human being can have the “I” in his representations raises him infinitely above all other living beings on earth. Because of this he is a person, and by virtue of the unity of consciousness through all changes that happen to him, one and the same person – i.e., through rank and dignity an ...
6 mar 2006 · Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View essentially reflects the last lectures Kant gave for his annual course in anthropology, which he taught from 1772 until his retirement in 1796. The lectures were published in 1798, with the largest first printing of any of Kants works. Intended for a broad audience, they reveal not only Kants unique ...
5 giu 2012 · Anthropology as understood today is a discipline concerned with the study of the physical, cultural, social, and linguistic development of human beings from prehistoric times to the present. It is a relatively new phenomenon, which came into its own only during the early nineteenth century. Its roots, however, can be traced back to the last ...
