3.3 Critiques of Reason
Last modified 05/17/2008
| We are coming to an eye-popping realization of the structured complexity of the modern transition, where very little happens by accident. In that context we see the sudden, perfectly timed, appearance of German classical philosophy, initiated by the philosopher Kant whose gesture resulted in the net production of three classic critiques, a critique of reason, ethics, and the aesthetic, in a mysterious triad, perfectly expressing the potential completion of science beyond the realm of causal mastery given by the rising tide of research, limited we can see by the very nature of its questions against reality. The brilliance of the achievement of Kant lies in the way he both fulfills yet challenges the triumphs of reason with a critical examination of the limits of metaphysics, as this falls short of the standards of science. The result is both a framework for a more intelligible science, and at once a recreation of the potential for religion in the future. The limits of metaphysics so suggested express fully the crystallized remnants inherited from the Axial Age, and their immersion in a 'dialectic of illusion'. The complexity of Kant's thought is matched with a realization of the essential simplicity of the overall architecture of his majestic chord played at the Great Divide. | ||
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