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Immanuel Kant was a German Enlightenment philosopher.

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Kant's Critique of pure reason vs Aristotle's perfect spheres

Just to add a little color — Kant showed that a lot of what was previously philosophical “givens” was capable of being argued equally well either way (the famous antinomies about the size and age of the …
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What are examples of analytic a posteriori knowledge?

Kant thought this category was paradoxical, as he thinks you never need to resort to experience to justify analytic claims. … Even though Kant argues against those who identify analyticity and apriority [e.g., in Kt1:1-10], he joins them in dismissing this class of knowledge with only a brief explanation: 'it would be absurd …
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What is the root reason for Nietzsche calling Kant a "fatal spider"?

(after the radical breach of Hume) which amounts to a critical recuperation of the notion of a universal law that would underlie morality and act as a truth-procedure for human societies; and indeed Kant
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What was Kant's view on lies by omission?

The moral problem Kant finds in lying is indeed universal, and would presumably apply to lying by omission as much as outright fabulation. … Here's a few papers on the subject of Kant and lying that might be helpful to start getting our arms around this question: Kant on Lies, Candor and Reticence (James Mahon) [PDF] The Right to Lie: Kant
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Is the Body without Organs a phase space? Or an image of the actual body?

Here's what rhizome.org says about it in their glossary: The "Body without Organs" or BwO is a term Deleuze and Guattari have taken from Antonin Artaud which consists of an assemblage or body with no …
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