Anthropology

Immanuel Kant 26 - 001 - Concerning self consciousness and egoism

Immanuel Kants captivating lectures on anthropology, delivered at the University of Königsberg between 1772 and 1773 and again from 1795 to 1796, delve into the complexities of human nature. His thought-provoking discussions encompass cognition, the senses, and the intricate relationship between the soul and mind. Published in 1798, these lectures found their way into English through The Journal of Speculative Philosophy in 1867, covering volumes 9 to 16. While Ive managed to gather sections 1-37 and section 43, sections 38-42 and 44-46 remain mysteriously absent. This work marks the beginning of Kants extensive exploration of human understanding. One of my favorite quotes highlights the profound connection between law and psychology “If someone has purposely caused a disaster, and it is questionable whether he is at all, or in what degree he is to be blamed for it, and whether or not he was insane at the time of the commission of the deed, the court should not refer him to the medical facility... but to the philosophical faculty.” (Summary by Craig Campbell)

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Episodios

25 feb. 2026

Anthropology

Episodios

001 - Concerning self consciousness and egoism

002 - Concerning voluntary consciousness self-observation and representation

003 - Concerning the perspicuity and obscurity in the consciousness of our representations

004 - Concerning sensuousness as opposed to the understanding

005 - Apology for sensuousness and sensuous justified

006 - Concerning our power of doing in regard to the faculty of cognition in general

007 - Concerning artificial play and moral semblance

008 - Concerning the five senses

009 - Concerning the faculty of cognition and the internal sense

010 - Concerning the causes of the decrease or increase of our sensuous perceptions in degree

011 - Concerning the stoppage weakening and total loss of our sensuous faculty

012 - Concerning imagination

013 - Concerning certain bodily means of exciting or soothing the power of imagination

014 - Concerning the sensuous power of productive imagination according to its different kinds

015 - Concerning the means of arousing and tempering the play of the power of imagination

016 - Concerning the faculty of the power of imagination to represent the past and make present the future

017 - Concerning the faculty of prevision and the gift of prophecy

018 - Concerning involuntary imaginations in a healthy condition or dreams

019 - Concerning the designatory faculty and signs

020 - Concerning the Weaknesses and Diseases of the Soul in regard to its Faculty of Cognition

021 - Mental Diverrsion distractio

022 - Dull hebes

023 - Concerning the diseases of the mind and delirious raving

024 - Desultory remarks

025 - Concerning talent wit and the specific distinction between comparing and argumentative wit

026 - Concerning sagacity and genius