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Kantian
/ ˈkæntɪən /
adjective
- (of a philosophical theory) derived from or analogous to a position of Immanuel Kant, esp his doctrines that there are synthetic a priori propositions which order our experience but are not derived from it, that metaphysical conclusions can be inferred from the nature of possible experience, that duty is to be done for its own sake and not as a means to any other end, and that there is a world of things-in-themselves to be distinguished from mere phenomena See also transcendental argument transcendental idealism categorical imperative noumenon
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Derived Forms
- ˈKantianˌism, noun
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Other Words From
- post-Kanti·an adjective
- pre-Kanti·an adjective
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Example Sentences
I did a little Kantian reckoning and inwardly came down on Hartman's side.
After having followed the implications of the neo-Kantian movement so far, he feels compelled to take the next step.
The answer of formal logic (adopted moreover by Kant and followed in some way by all neo-Kantian logics) is unambiguous.
His notion of the a priori varies somewhat from the Kantian view.
But our theory of cognition does not need to remain on a pre-Kantian level.
It is at the bottom of all contradictions and of the entire pronounced dualism of the Kantian philosophy.
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