Kant’s analysis of the difficulties of our common approach to truth in every field, of empirical knowledge, moral judgment, and religious belief, ends up delineating an image of a critical reason in the real world, which goes beyond the erudite world of science and philosophy, and which Kant seeks not only to describe but to promote. Critical reason must gain awareness of the means to overcome the difficulties that the complexity of the real world and the opacity of the subject itself present. What Kant called “the quality in the use of our cognitive faculties” is the goal of an enlightened reason. Criticism is realized in the daily exercise of concrete reason, illuminated by reflective self-analysis and intersubjective openness.
Our Difficult Relationship with Truth: Critical Reason in the Real World
C. La Rocca
2024-01-01
Abstract
Kant’s analysis of the difficulties of our common approach to truth in every field, of empirical knowledge, moral judgment, and religious belief, ends up delineating an image of a critical reason in the real world, which goes beyond the erudite world of science and philosophy, and which Kant seeks not only to describe but to promote. Critical reason must gain awareness of the means to overcome the difficulties that the complexity of the real world and the opacity of the subject itself present. What Kant called “the quality in the use of our cognitive faculties” is the goal of an enlightened reason. Criticism is realized in the daily exercise of concrete reason, illuminated by reflective self-analysis and intersubjective openness.
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