CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………………………………….........................i

ABBREVATIONS………………………………………………………………........iii

GENERAL INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………….1

CHAPTER I

INFLUENCES ON KANT

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….....3

1.1 Kant’s Post-Rem Solution of the Problem of One and Many………………………………5

1.1.1 Problem of the Universals in the Western Philosophy…………………………………7

1.1.1 The ante rem………………………………………………………………………....9

1.1.2 The in re…………………………………………………………………………….11

1.2 Kant’s Copernican Revolution in the Age of Science and Reason………………………..13

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………… 15

CHAPTER II

AN ANALYSIS OF KANT’S NATURALISTIC RELIGION WITHIN THE

LIMITS OF REASON ALONE

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………...17

2.1 Contents of Naturalistic Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone…………………….19

2.2 Kant’s Rational Conceptualistic Approach to the Supernatural Realm…………………...21

2.3 The Gradual Transition of Ecclesiastical Faith to Pure Religious Faith…………………23

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………25

CHAPTER III

INFLUENCE FROM KANT’S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………...27

3.1 On Faith and Reason……………………………………………………………………...29

3.2 On Traditional Religion…………………………………………………………………..31

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………33

GENERAL CONCLUSION……………………………………………...................35

BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………...................................................................37