A strong influence on Fichte's Doctrine of Science, this work claims that the form of freedom can be experienced through the force of moral law, but that two other concepts have been reduced to "postulates of reason.
A strong influence on Fichte's Doctrine of Science, this work claims that the form of freedom can be experienced through the force of moral law, but that two other concepts have been reduced to "postulates of reason." The shorter of two works utilizing the familiar structure of a "Doctrine of Elements" followed by a "Methodology," this work was meant as a demonstrative response to the charge that undermining the synthetic a priori removes the possibility of morality. The application of the principles of this work can be found in Die Metaphysik der Sitten, or The Metaphysics of Morals, since it deals with ethics in terms of a required practical component of knowledge. For 10 points, name this work by Immanuel Kant, the second of his major critiques.
A strong influence on Fichte's Doctrine of Science, this work claims that the form of freedom can be experienced through the force of moral law, but that two other concepts have been reduced to "postulates of reason.
{Critique of Practical Reason} [or {Kritik der praktischen Vernunft}]