Medieval & Modern Philosophy · Early modern
Immanuel Kant
The Königsberg professor who reshaped philosophy: answering Hume, the mind's 'Copernican revolution', synthetic a priori knowledge, the categorical imperative and treating people as ends, Enlightenment as 'dare to know', and perpetual peace.
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Prereqs: Hume; Rousseau. Next: Hegel; Schopenhauer. Sources: Kant, *Critique of Pure Reason* (1781), *Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals* (1785), 'What is Enlightenment?' (1784), *Perpetual Peace* (1795); Michael Sandel, *Justice*.Next: 1. Knowledge