On the Relationship between Theory and Praxis in Kantian Transcendental Philosophy

Abstract

Despite the well-known Kantian distinction, the relationship between theory and praxis turns out to be much richer than it might appear at first. This is not only because the definition in the Critique of Pure Reason leaves a space open for further determinations, but also because the further developments of Kant's criticism, in particular the Third Critique, seem to converge towards the conjunction of these two poles: towards the principle of the unity of speculative and practical reason. The aim of this essay is to expose the problematic nature of the Kantian distinction by showing its partiality, in order to offer a broad perspective on a reason that, as a whole, realizes itself in the world.