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Keith Ward on Kant's Triumph of Idealism

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Keith Ward on Kant and 'Transcendental Idealism'

03 min 44 sec

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Keith Ward describes philosopher Emmanuel Kant's concept of transcendental idealism.

To build this definition, Ward draws on transcendental reality which he characterizes as the disjunction between appearances and reality that defies the senses, reachable only by the intellect.
Keith Ward on Kant's Philosophical Ambivalence

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Keith Ward discusses the two main moral issues of Kant's philosophy: freedom of will and responsibility.

Ward credits Kant's ambivalence to his claim that all philosophical questions are theoretically indeterminable, both unable to be proven or disproven.
Keith Ward Reveals Kant's Rational Belief in God

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Keith Ward reveals Kant's philosophy in the Critique of Pure Reason, which neither defends nor denies the existence of God as neither position can be scientifically proven.

Ward interprets Kant's philosophical ambivalence to be proof of his underlying belief in the existence of God.
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Mike R

Posted: 12.19.10, 03:00 PM

Ward brings clarity. Bravo. Kant asserted the remedy for the confidence as obligatory ground by the essential feature of the God’s existence: “It is a priori morally necessary to produce the Good Sovereign by freedom of the will, it ought to be then condition for the possibility of the Good Sovereign founded, itself also, exclusively on the a priori fundaments of knowledge.”

wondering.sb@gmail.com

Posted: 04.28.10, 08:02 AM

Well, a British contact recommend me this video, it is indeed helpful! I come from China, I only covered 1/2 of the first critique, it is very difficult for me

kikl

Posted: 09.27.09, 02:09 AM

Well, it's a very nice presentation of Kantian thoughts. His misrepresents Kant's rejection of the ontological argument. The concept of a circle is not affected by whether circles exist or not. The concept of dragons is not affected by whether dragons exist or not. The concept of god has no implications on whether god exists or not. The concept of perfection does not change or is not affected by whether perfection exists or not... Therefore, existence does not characterize any concepts. It is not a predicate of a concept. If you use existence as a predicate in a logical argument, then you are committing a serious mistake.

Aqbal Singh

Posted: 11.09.08, 07:12 AM

Keith Ward concludes his very helpful communication of Kant's vision in these stirring words: "Moral commitment governs how you think of reality; upon the moral belief that the good exists and must be pursued and it will triumph and goodness rules the world – these practical commitments lead to metaphysical beliefs; practice controls theory. Much modern history depends on this Kantian move". The "Copernican Revolution" that Kant initiated (or boosted) unfettered us from imagined powers and beings, presumed to be real and "objective", that controlled our minds and spirits and we could not participate or dialogue with this universe which we experience and think about. To paraphrase Freud: Kant took us to the place where we can aspire to say, "where IT is I shall be". Thank you Keith Ward for re-presenting Kant in your gentle but so intelligible way!

Roland(Roly)Powell

Posted: 07.04.08, 07:44 PM

A good explanation of Kant which is relevant to todays debate between creation and evolution. Equally useful in the struggle between faiths and secular.