The notion of anthropology in Kant's philosophy

Abstract

This article analyses different definitions, types and tasks of Kant's anthropology: Is "moral" or "practical" anthropology identical to "pragmatic" anthropology? Does anthropology aim to answer the question about the vocation of a human being? To what extent is metaphilosophy present in the Anthropology? What is the 'fundamental' transcendental anthropology? The idea of an anthroponomy remains an unsolved puzzle.

Keywords

• vocation of human being
• transcendental idealism
• "pragmatic" anthropology
• "moral" and "practical" anthropology
• lectures on anthropology
• motivation
• character
• right
• "fundamental" anthropology
• "anthroponomy"