HUMAN FROM KNOWLEDGE TO JUDGMENT IN KANT’S CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

Immanuel Kant's philosophy of criticism continues to be an important focus in today’s thinking, not only in terms of its impact on eighteenth century thought, but also in terms of pointing to new areas of philosophical thinking that will continue after him and addressing the problems of the modern world as a whole. Although there is a distinction between Kant’s pre-criticism and post-criticism in the history of philosophy studies, Kant’s interest in metaphysics and science in his early periods forms the basis of his critical philosophy. It should be underlined that Kant produced solutions to the major crises of his period in his critical philosophy, and while doing this, he had an envision for human and society by revealing the capacities of modern humans. Because when Kant discusses the relation of knowing with acting, the possibility of the communicability of subjective judgments, and the link between freedom and necessity, Kant basically points to the abilities of the human as a species, not based on the observation of a particular historical period, but on the basis of the possible to happen. In other words, Kant’s critical philosophy points to the abilities that a human being can use in every period, who can have “the courage to use his mind” and thus get out of the theoretical and practical crises. In this study, the understanding of human being seen in Kant’s critical philosophy will be presented by discussing the Critique of the Power of Judgment in particular and three critiques in general.