Preface
Key to References, Sources, Abbreviations, and Translations
Table of the Moral and Natural Destinies of Human Beings
Introduction
1. The Rise and Origin of Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology
The Physical Geography Lectures and the Rise of the Anthropology Lectures
The Debate Concerning the Origin of Kant’s Anthropology Lectures
Did Kant Intend His Anthropology Lectures be Empirical Psychology?
2. The Character and Content of the Anthropology
The Meaning of Pragmatic Anthropology
Teleological Clues in the Characteristic of Kant’s Anthropology
3. Kant’s Theory of Human Nature
4. Kant’s Theory of Human Nature as Natural Predispositions
The Predisposition to Animality
Evolutionary Theory and Animality
The Technical Predisposition
The Pragmatic Predisposition to Humanity
The Moral Predisposition
Education and the Predispositions
Kant’s Theory of Education and Behaviorism
5. The Critical Foundations of the Anthropology
Teleology as a Research Program
The Critical Faculty of Teleological Judgment
Sensibility
Habits
Imagination
Pleasure and Displeasure
Taste
Affects
Passions
Nature Does Nothing in Vain
6. Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropology as Popular Philosophy
Is Popular Philosophy a Noble Endeavor?
Notes
Bibliography
Index