The Theories and Theorists that Shape our Understanding of the Learning Process
Kant lectured and taught at the University of Königsberg in Germany for 40 years. His major works are his three Critiques: the Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 1787), the Critique of Practical Reason (1788), and the Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790). He emphasized that human understanding is the source that structures “all our experience” and that “human reason gives itself the moral law, which is our basis for belief in God, freedom, and immortality”.
Immanuel Kant
1724-1804
Immanuel Kant is a central figure in the development of modern philosophy. He believed and taught that “all reality is theoretically knowable” and worked to resolve differences between empiricism (experience is the source of knowledge) and rationalism (human reason is the source of knowledge).
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Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. (2000). Christian cyclopedia. Retrieved from http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.aspt1=k&word=KANT.IMMANUEL.
Naragon, S. (2010, July 11). Kant in the classroom: Materials to aid in the study of Kant's lectures. Retrieved from http://www.manchester.edu/kant/.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2010, May 10). Immanuel Kant. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/.