
The Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant - Project and Context
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Kant's Philosophy and the Enlightenment
Kant's philosophy is historically situated in relation to rationalism, the rationalism of lit-liveness, and empiricism. This is how Kant really got a foothold in being able to bring forward a whole system of metaphysics at a time when it wouldn't have been taken seriously. He has actual primary philosophical concern regarding the enlightenment, the notion of reason because this is what the enlightenment is built on.
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