Began the Enlightenment conversation with his essay "What is Enlightenment". In the first sentence of the essay, Kant explains that, “Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. " This began the philosophes conscience analysis of the enlightenment and its ideals. Though many came before Kant, he was the first to recognize this age of higher education and scientific morality now known as the Enlightenment. Every important philosopher after referred to Kant's work and was judged by the philosophy presented in it.
Best known for his three critiques: Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason, And Critique of the Power of Judgement
Beliefs: "The structure of the laws of nature and our experiences is based in
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We must accept that our understanding of the world stems from what our own mental conscientiousness presents us, and that it is useless to speculate concepts that are essentially unknowable. In accordance with Hume, Kant ponders the problem of obtaining truths from our experiences, as they are always contingent upon previous acts. He poses the question, how can we know things that are necessary and universal but not self-evident or definitional? How can we grasp a concept such as a supreme being when it is fundamentally impossible to prove or negate the claim? There is no physical or definitive proof, and therefore no reason to believe. Also, in the study of ethics, consequentialism is the belief that the morality of an action lies in its consequences, while deontology is the belief that it lies in the act alone, and consequences don't matter. In response to this idea, Kant offered the Categorical Imperative in support of deontology, stating that all people are capable of reasoning on the same level and in the same manner as others. Furthermore, that the morality of an action and concept of culpability lie in the manner with which it