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Kantian
/ ˈæԳɪə /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈԳپˌ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Dz-Գi· adjective
- -Գi· adjective
Example Sentences
In practice, organizing Republicans is like trying to get 15 wasted frat boys to take comprehensive notes on a lecture on Kantian philosophy.
These are positive, humane and respectful activities; therefore they satisfy the Kantian test of rationality.
The dominant Kantian approach was born during the era of Newtonian physics, which was displaced in 1905 by Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Apologies for going all Kantian, but what’s revealed in the Covid-era museum is that art’s political power still derives, above all, from having no pragmatic application.
The notion of virtue signaling, which was coined as a term of reproach, has precisely this Kantian valence.
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