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Kantian Futurism
- Source :
- Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol 18, Iss 47, Pp 1-8 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- University of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen Languages, 2024.
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Abstract
- The future of philosophy and the future of humankind-in-the-world are intimately related, not only (i) in the obvious sense that all philosophers are “human, all-too-human” animals—i.e., members of the biological species Homo sapiens, and also finite, fallible, and thoroughly normative imperfect in every other way too—hence the natural fate of all human animals is also the natural fate of all philosophers, but also (ii) in the more profound and subtle sense of what I’ll call philosophical futurism. Philosophical futurism is a critical, synoptic, and speculative reflection on the fate of humankind-in-the-world, with special attention paid not only to what humankind-in-the-world (including philosophy itself) will most likely be, if things continue to go along in more or less the same way as they have been and are now going, or could conceivably be, as in science fiction or other forms of imaginative projection, but also to what what humankind-in-the-world (including philosophy itself) ought to be, and therefore (assuming that “ought” entails “can”) can be, as the direct result of our individual and collective free agency, for the purpose of rationally guiding humankind in the near future. In my essay, I very briefly present, defend, and strongly recommend a version of philosophical futurism that I call Kantian futurism.
- Subjects :
- kant
meta-philosophy
humankind
futurism
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
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Details
- Language :
- English, Persian
- ISSN :
- 22517960 and 24234419
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 47
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Philosophical Investigations
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.fd0c3d2b4d9046cf87d13f837702d4c1
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.18254