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- Title
The Predicament of Practical Reason.
- Authors
Huber, Jakob
- Abstract
According to Lea Ypi, Kant's attempt in the first Critique to unify reason via the practical route fails because his notion of purposiveness as design commits him to a dogmatic metaphysics. I challenge this claim on two grounds. First, I argue that practical reason does not have an interest in a strong modal connection that guarantees the unity of freedom and nature rather than a weak modal connection that merely affirms the possibility of our ends. Second, I highlight that the epistemic status of practical ideas is one of faith or hope rather than knowledge. Hence, Kant's attempt to unify reason via the practical route can be reconstructed in a way that is largely in line with the commitments of his critical philosophy.
- Publication
Kantian Review, 2023, Vol 28, Issue 3, p459
- ISSN
1369-4154
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1369415423000201