On The Concept Of Person In Kant’s Philosophy

In the Critique of Practical Reason,Kant interprets Person as a being belonging to both the world of sense and the world of reason.As a subjective concept appearing simultaneously in the world of phenomenology and noumenon constructed by Kant,the rich connotation of personality reflects the inheritance and transcendence of Kant’s philosophy to empiricism and rationalism.What role does the concept of personality play in Kant’s critical philosophy? Around this problem,we must clarify the three topics: first,the concept of personality is not the first German classical philosophy,tracing the history of philosophy,the concept of personality is given by a variety of definition,what meaning is be accepted and passed down,the philosophers and modern philosophers on the thinking of the concept of personality is how Kant?Secondly,due to the dual division of Kant’s philosophical system,in Kant’s theoretical philosophy,his interpretation of personality fallacy and his criticism of rational psychology’s view of personality reveal his position and attitude towards the concept of theoretical personality.At the same time,in his transcendental epistemology,can Kant provide a reasonable explanation for the problem of personal identity? Finally,how does Kant define the necessity and sufficiency of the concept of personality in practical philosophy,and what role does the concept of personality play in the construction of his moral law? From the perspective of the development of the concept of personality and Kant’s philosophy,the above questions should be answered as follows: First,from the origin of philosophy,philosophers have had a relatively mature thinking on the concept of personality,and have been constantly developing the connotation of the concept of personality;In modern times,with the advent of the age of enlightenment and the rise of humanism,subject consciousness constantly strengthen,rationalism and empiricism philosophers are personality concept for the new thinking,the concept of personality from the field of knowledge theory extended to the scope of moral practice,secondly,Kant for the reflection of their theory directly affected the Kant’s concept of personality.Secondly,in theoretical philosophy,Kant put forward the transcendental knowledge theory of dichotomy between phenomenon and noumenon.Because cogito,as the transcendental subject,and soul,as the transcendental illusion,cannot be represented in the entity category,neither of them can become empirical knowledge.In the end,Kant had to cancel all knowledge about personality in the transcendental epistemology,but this was not a complete negation in a positive sense.In other words,in the theoretical philosophical system,Kant only adopts an attitude of "evasive doctrine",which negates negatively the existence of personality as a spiritual entity in experience as a knowledge object.Thirdly,in the philosophy of Praxis,Kant believes that the action out of good will reflects the intrinsic value of personality,and therefore the personality obtains dignity.In the three metamorphosis formulae of categorical imperative,personality exists simultaneously as the subject of practical reason and the end of moral law.As the subject connecting free will and practical law,personality realizes the possibility of moral law.In addition,personality is also the subject of behavior imputation because of its free nature.Thus,the necessity and sufficiency of personality in practical philosophy can be fully developed,and finally proved the existence necessity of personality as the core concept of practical philosophy.