Definition of Kantian in English:
Kantian
adjective ˈkantɪənˈkɑntiən
Relating to or consistent with the works of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
a sophisticated Kantian account of praise and blame
Example sentencesExamples
- But he doesn't spell out his theory in dull, prosaic, Kantian or Cartesian fashion.
- Freud struggled to reconcile his notion of unconscious time with his Kantian and Newtonian view of the psyche.
- The Kantian concern with the beautiful was eclipsed by his notion of the sublime.
- The first important school of thought to arise out of Kantian philosophy was the subjective idealism of Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
- It's an idea that has to do with language being actual, being temporal and spatial, to be Kantian about it.
- Kantian moral philosophers will find much to disagree with, but the book raises important puzzles for Kantian moral theory.
noun ˈkantɪənˈkɑntiən
A person who supports the works of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
he considered himself at this time to be a Kantian
Example sentencesExamples
- They had already inherited those problems in their traditional forms along with the basic philosophical stances of the Kantians, Hegelians, and positivists.
- I am a new Kantian in regards to my epistemology.
- Other developments in mathematics also proved problematic for Kantians.
- Modern Kantians usually concede that Kant was too optimistic about our ability always to see the right thing to do.
- An ardent Kantian, Muller believed that he had found the physiological equivalent of Kant's categories of thought.
Definition of Kantian in US English:
Kantian
adjectiveˈkɑntiənˈkäntēən
Relating to or consistent with the works of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
a sophisticated Kantian account of praise and blame
Example sentencesExamples
- The first important school of thought to arise out of Kantian philosophy was the subjective idealism of Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
- Kantian moral philosophers will find much to disagree with, but the book raises important puzzles for Kantian moral theory.
- Freud struggled to reconcile his notion of unconscious time with his Kantian and Newtonian view of the psyche.
- It's an idea that has to do with language being actual, being temporal and spatial, to be Kantian about it.
- The Kantian concern with the beautiful was eclipsed by his notion of the sublime.
- But he doesn't spell out his theory in dull, prosaic, Kantian or Cartesian fashion.
nounˈkɑntiənˈkäntēən
A person who supports the works of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
he considered himself at this time to be a Kantian
Example sentencesExamples
- I am a new Kantian in regards to my epistemology.
- They had already inherited those problems in their traditional forms along with the basic philosophical stances of the Kantians, Hegelians, and positivists.
- Other developments in mathematics also proved problematic for Kantians.
- An ardent Kantian, Muller believed that he had found the physiological equivalent of Kant's categories of thought.
- Modern Kantians usually concede that Kant was too optimistic about our ability always to see the right thing to do.