(October 22, 2013 at 11:24 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote: Kant certainly waylayed metaphysics in general, which is probably why his masterwork is called the 'Critique of Pure Reason'. This could be a contradiction on his part, and Gen seems to think so. A Kantian would probably - of course - prefer to try and give Kant the benefit of the doubt and give it the most charitable reading.
Well, does anyone know his reasoning behind such justifications after gutting metaphysics so thoroughly?
It appears to me that it is like genkaus pointed out. Kant was hung up on his concept of morality and tried to justify it spuriously in other places.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
