Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View

by Immanuel Kant

Book Overview

In the fall semester of 1772/73 at the Albertus University of K nigsberg, Immanuel Kant, metaphysician and professor of logic and metaphysics, began lectures on anthropology, which he continued until 1776, shortly before his retirement from public life. His lecture notes and papers were first published in 1798, eight years after the publication of the Critique of Judgment, the third of his famous Critiques. The present edition of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809320606
• ISBN13: 9780809320608
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Kant's Psychology

Kant's Anthropology is what we call today - psychology. The book is a series of lectures that Kant himself edited into a book. Usualy we know Kant as hard to read, yet this book is unique in that. It flows, from subject to subject, examining man's mind and various characteristics of the human spirit. It is embodied with examples from life and literature, and gives a very good idea of Kants views regarding everyday life and behavior of normal people, and also of insane ones. It is a very warm book, filled with intelligent remarks about the human race, and it gives a very good notion of psychology (both cognitive and abnormal) in Kants days. I recommend it Highly.