Anthropology

By Immanuel Kant

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Immanuel Kants captivating lectures on anthropology, delivered at the University of Königsberg between 1772 and 1773 and again from 1795 to 1796, delve into the complexities of human nature. His thought-provoking discussions encompass cognition, the senses, and the intricate relationship between the soul and mind. Published in 1798, these lectures found their way into English through The Journal of Speculative Philosophy in 1867, covering volumes 9 to 16. While Ive managed to gather sections 1-37 and section 43, sections 38-42 and 44-46 remain mysteriously absent. This work marks the beginning of Kants extensive exploration of human understanding. One of my favorite quotes highlights the profound connection between law and psychology “If someone has purposely caused a disaster, and it is questionable whether he is at all, or in what degree he is to be blamed for it, and whether or not he was insane at the time of the commission of the deed, the court should not refer him to the medical facility... but to the philosophical faculty.” (Summary by Craig Campbell)

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026 - Concerning sagacity and genius
Feb 25, 2026
025 - Concerning talent wit and the specific distinction between comparing and argumentative wit
Feb 25, 2026
024 - Desultory remarks
Feb 25, 2026
023 - Concerning the diseases of the mind and delirious raving
Feb 25, 2026
022 - Dull hebes
Feb 25, 2026
021 - Mental Diverrsion distractio
Feb 25, 2026
020 - Concerning the Weaknesses and Diseases of the Soul in regard to its Faculty of Cognition
Feb 25, 2026
019 - Concerning the designatory faculty and signs
Feb 25, 2026
018 - Concerning involuntary imaginations in a healthy condition or dreams
Feb 25, 2026
017 - Concerning the faculty of prevision and the gift of prophecy
Feb 25, 2026
016 - Concerning the faculty of the power of imagination to represent the past and make present the future
Feb 25, 2026
015 - Concerning the means of arousing and tempering the play of the power of imagination
Feb 25, 2026
014 - Concerning the sensuous power of productive imagination according to its different kinds
Feb 25, 2026
013 - Concerning certain bodily means of exciting or soothing the power of imagination
Feb 25, 2026
012 - Concerning imagination
Feb 25, 2026
011 - Concerning the stoppage weakening and total loss of our sensuous faculty
Feb 25, 2026
010 - Concerning the causes of the decrease or increase of our sensuous perceptions in degree
Feb 25, 2026
009 - Concerning the faculty of cognition and the internal sense
Feb 25, 2026
008 - Concerning the five senses
Feb 25, 2026
007 - Concerning artificial play and moral semblance
Feb 25, 2026
006 - Concerning our power of doing in regard to the faculty of cognition in general
Feb 25, 2026
005 - Apology for sensuousness and sensuous justified
Feb 25, 2026
004 - Concerning sensuousness as opposed to the understanding
Feb 25, 2026
003 - Concerning the perspicuity and obscurity in the consciousness of our representations
Feb 25, 2026
002 - Concerning voluntary consciousness self-observation and representation
Feb 25, 2026
001 - Concerning self consciousness and egoism
Feb 25, 2026