Towards a Kantian Phenomenology of Hope

The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (CPoJ) can be, or otherwise ought to be, regarded as a transcendental phenomenology of hope. Kant states repeatedly that CPoJ mediates between the first two Critiques, or between the theoretical kno...

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Published inEthical theory and moral practice Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 927 - 942
Main Authors Beyleveld, Deryck, Ziche, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer 01.11.2015
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Analysis
Education
Epistemology
Ethics
Hope
Judgment
Kantianism
Ontology
Philosophy
Philosophy of Medicine
Political Philosophy
Religion
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
Transcendental idealism
Faith
Epistemology
Philosophy of Religion
Hope
Kant
Judgment
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (CPoJ) can be, or otherwise ought to be, regarded as a transcendental phenomenology of hope. Kant states repeatedly that CPoJ mediates between the first two Critiques, or between the theoretical knowledge we arrive at on the basis of understanding and reason's foundational role for practical philosophy. In other words, exercising the power of judgment is implicated whenever we try to bring together the ethical issue of strictly determining our actions on the one hand and the necessity to act in the physical world on the other. We will argue that this mediating function is properly understood only if the ideations produced by self-understanding are characterized as objects of rationally required hope or fear.
ISSN:1386-2820
1572-8447
DOI:10.1007/s10677-015-9564-x