The Usage of the Physico-Theological Proof in Kant's Pre-Critical Writings and Critical Philosophy Kant'in Eleştirel Felsefe Öncesi Eserlerinde ve Eleştirel Felsefesinde Fiziko-Teolojik Delilin Kullanimi
Ankara Universitesi Ilahiyat Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.62, sa.2, ss.445-476, 2021 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.33227/auifd.994824
- Dergi Adı: Ankara Universitesi Ilahiyat Fakultesi Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.445-476
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Critical philosophy, Critique of the power of judgment, Design argument, Kant, Moral proof, Physico-theological proof, Teleology, Theistic proofs
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
© 2021 Turkish Education Association. All rights reserved.In this article, it will be shown that Kant had first subsumed the physico-theological proof, which he defended before the critical philosophy under the ontological possibility argument, and then he preserved it within the critical philosophy by transforming its use according to the principles of transcendental philosophy. Kant did not abandon the physico-theological proof altogether; he acknowledged its importance and incorporated it into the critical philosophy for both its usage in natural inquiries and as a preliminary for moral proof. Before critical philosophy, he criticized its traditional employment and rearranged the proof in accordance with Newtonian physics. After announcing his final decision with transcendental philosophy that the existence of God cannot be proved, he pointed out the importance of the inferences of the reason regarding the existence of God for ethics. Such a way of thinking that occurs according to the principles of reason is useful under the governance of ethics. In this work, it will be indicated that Kant had continued to use physico-theological argument as an indispensable part of human thinking and judging.