Date of Award
Summer 8-10-2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Eric Entrican Wilson
Second Advisor
Jessica Noelle Berry
Third Advisor
Sebastian Gerard Rand
Abstract
This thesis engages in an interpretative debate over Kant’s general aims in the first Critique. I argue that a defense of the rational legitimacy of religious faith is at the very center of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Moreover, I argue that Kant’s defense of faith is inextricably bound up with his views on the legitimacy of science. On my account, Kant’s Critique not only demonstrates that science is fully consistent with religious faith, but also that science, when properly understood, actually favors religious belief over non-belief.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2931245
Recommended Citation
Fulmer, Everett C., "Science and Faith in Kant's First Critique." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2012.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2931245