Table of Contents

Preface Key to References, Sources, Abbreviations, and Translations Table of the Moral and Natural Destinies of Human Beings Introduction 1. The Rise and Origin of Kant's Lectures on Anthropology The Physical Geography Lectures and the Rise of the Anthropology Lectures The Debate Concerning the Origin of Kant's Anthropology Lectures Did Kant Intend His Anthropology Lectures be Empirical Psychology? 2. The Character and Content of the Anthropology The Meaning of Pragmatic Anthropology Teleological Clues in the Characteristic of Kant's Anthropology 3. Kant's Theory of Human Nature 4. Kant's Theory of Human Nature as Natural Predispositions The Predisposition to Animality Evolutionary Theory and Animality The Technical Predisposition The Pragmatic Predisposition to Humanity The Moral Predisposition Education and the Predispositions Kant's Theory of Education and Behaviorism 5. The Critical Foundations of the Anthropology Teleology as a Research Program The Critical Faculty of Teleological Judgment Sensibility Habits Imagination Pleasure and Displeasure Taste Affects Passions Nature Does Nothing in Vain 6. Kant's Pragmatic Anthropology as Popular Philosophy Is Popular Philosophy a Noble Endeavor? Notes Bibliography Index

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Holly L. Wilson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

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