{"product_id":"what-is-the-human-being-kants-questions","title":"What is the Human Being? (Kant's Questions)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilosophers  anthropologists and biologists have long puzzled over the question of human nature. It is also a question that Kant thought about deeply and returned to in many of his writings. In this lucid and wide-ranging introduction to Kants philosophy of human nature - which is essential for understanding his thought as a whole - Patrick R. Frierson assesses Kants theories and examines his critics. He begins by explaining how Kant articulates three ways of addressing the question what is the human being?: the transcendental  the empirical  and the pragmatic. He then considers some of the great theorists of human nature who wrestle with Kants views  such as Hegel  Marx  Darwin  Nietzsche  and Freud; contemporary thinkers such as E.O.Wilson and Daniel Dennett  who have sought biological explanations of human nature; Thomas Kuhn  Michel Foucault  and Clifford Geertz  who emphasize the diversity of human beings in different times and places; and existentialist philosophers such as Sartre and Heidegger. He argues that whilst these approaches challenge and enrich Kants views in significant ways  all suffer from serious weaknesses that Kants anthropology can address. Taking a core insight of Kants - that human beings are fundamentally free but finite - he argues that it is the existentialists  particularly Sartre  who are the most direct heirs of his transcendental anthropology. The final part of the book is an extremely helpful overview of the work of contemporary philosophers  particularly Christine Korsgaard and Jrgen Habermas. Patrick R. Frierson explains how these philosophers engage with questions of naturalism  historicism  and existentialism while developing Kantian conceptions of the human being. Including chapter summaries and annotated further reading  What is the Human Being? is an outstanding introduction to some fundamental aspects of Kants thought and a judicious assessment of leading theories of human nature. It is essential reading for all students of Kant and the philosophy of human nature  as well as those in related disciplines such as anthropology  politics and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985808388149,"sku":"ByrdShop_041555845X","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415558457.jpg?v=1770872235","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/what-is-the-human-being-kants-questions","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}