Kant’s Philosophy of History and its Underlying Difficulties

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  • Christoph Horn Universität Bonn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/szhf.2012.005

Keywords

Kant, dogmatism, heteronomy, cynicism, fatalism, philosophy of history

Abstract

The article analyses four main difficulties in the attempts of reconciling the Kant’s philosophy of history with his philosophical standpoint as a whole. They are: (I) the problem of dogmatism, (II) the problem of heteronomy, (III) the problem of cynicism, and (IV) the problem of fatalism. Kant himself refutes these objections in a quite satisfactory way.

References

Förster E., The Hidden Plan of Nature, [w:] J. Schmidt, A. Oksenberg Rorty (wyd.) Kant’s ‘Idea for a Univeral History with a Cosmopolitan Aim’: A Critical Guide, Cambridge 2009.

Kant I., Antropologia w ujęciu pragmatycznym, przeł. E. Drzazgowska i P. Sosnowska, Warszawa 2005.

Kant I., Idea powszechnej historii w aspekcie kosmopolitycznym, przeł. M. Żelazny, [w:] I. Kant, Dzieła zebrane, t. 6, Toruń 2011.

Kant I., Krytyka władzy sądzenia, przeł. J. Gałecki, Warszawa 2004.

Kant I., Odpowiedź na pytanie, czym jest Oświecenie, przeł. T. Kupś, Dzieła zebrane, t. 6, Toruń 2012.

Kleingeld P., Fortschritt und Vernunft. Zur Geschichtsproblem Kants, Würzburg 1999.

Studies in the History of Philosophy

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Published

2012-12-01

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HORN, Christoph. Kant’s Philosophy of History and its Underlying Difficulties. Studies in the History of Philosophy. Online. 1 December 2012. Vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 77-94. [Accessed 8 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/szhf.2012.005.

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012)

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