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Ideas Of Kant's Purposivencess Of Nature

Posted on:2004-06-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M LuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360095953303Subject:Foreign philosophy
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In the article,the author will comb Kant's Teleology Judgment carefully through Purposiveness of Nature.At last,I find out Man is the heart of Kant's Ideas of Purposiveness of Nature.As an transcendental principle, Purposiveness of Nature can direct natural science greatly.In Section One,the author points out the backgrounds of Kant's research of Purposivenee of Nature.lt was the trend of the time to study the problems about End.It was required to perfectthe system of his transcendental philosophy.In Section Two,the author's mainpoints are as follows.Kant believed that except Causality.Man must use the principle of Purposiveness of Nature,which is a transcendental and subjective principle to unifying all kinds of particular phemomena.Under it's direction to natural science,human beings can broaden their outlooks.And only in this way,nature can be considered as a harmonious organic system.As a transcendental principle,the theory of purposiveness of Nature can be used with the principle of Mechanical Movement at the same time .In Section Three,the author highlights two points about the concept of End.First,when we make a detailed inquiry about the world's Final Purose,we find out that Culture is the Final Purpose of nature.Then,non-resolving problems about the Final Purpose of Nature forbid us to inquiring the world's Ultimate Purpose ,which is Man considered as Noumenon.Finaily,it led to the establishment of ethical theology.
Keywords/Search Tags:End Purposiveness, Purposiveness of Nature, Final Purpose, Ultimate Purpose, Organized being, Culture
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