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Kant and Crusius on Belief and Practical Justification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2019

Gabriele Gava
Gabriele Gava*
Affiliation:
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Email: gabriele.gava@gmail.com
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Abstract

Kant’s account of practical justification for belief has attracted much attention in the literature, especially in recent years. In this context, scholars have generally emphasized the originality of Kant’s thought about belief (Glaube), and Kant indeed offers a definition of belief that is very different from views that were prevalent in eighteenth-century Germany. In this article, however, I argue that it is very likely that Christian August Crusius exerted influence on Kant’s definition of belief and his account of practical justification. In turn, acknowledging this influence has relevant consequences for how we understand the phenomenology of Kantian belief.

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Immanuel KantChristian August Crusiusnon-evidentialismbeliefGlaubeassentFürwahrhalten
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Kantian Review , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 53 - 75
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© Kantian Review 2019 

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