Life and works
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 22 April 1724 | Born in Königsberg, capital of East Prussia.[1] [3] |
| 1740s ≈ | Studies at the University of Königsberg (the Albertina); after university, works for some years as a private tutor in the region.[1] |
| 1755 | Takes the degree of Magister and becomes Privatdozent (private lecturer) at Königsberg, a position he holds for fifteen years under a heavy teaching load.[1] |
| 1770 | Appointed full professor of logic and metaphysics at Königsberg; presents the Inaugural Dissertation, the landmark of his critical turn.[1] |
| 1781 | Publishes the Critique of Pure Reason (revised 2nd edition 1787).[1] [3] |
| 1783 | Publishes the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics.[1] |
| 1785 | Publishes the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, his principal work on the fundamental principle of morality.[1] |
| 1788 | Publishes the Critique of Practical Reason.[1] |
| 1790 | Publishes the Critique of the Power of Judgment.[1] |
| 1797 | Publishes The Metaphysics of Morals (Doctrine of Right and Doctrine of Virtue), after Toward Perpetual Peace (1795).[1] |
| 12 February 1804 | Dies in Königsberg, the city he never left for long.[3] |
Reception in the COF
Present in 222 of the 589 transcription files of the Curso Online de Filosofia; 75 lectures engage him substantially (5 or more mentions). The most engaged lectures:
This section documents what Olavo said and when — never what the philosopher "really" meant. Characterizations are Olavo’s, tied to a lecture by number and date.
| Lecture (aula) | Date | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| 273 | 2014-12-06 | 45 |
| 271 | 2014-11-15 | 44 |
| 270 | — | 34 |
| 263 | 2014-09-12 | 31 |
| 276 | 2014-12-27 | 25 |
| 269 | — | 24 |
| 213 | 2013-07-27 | 22 |
| 266 | — | 22 |
| 120 | 2011-09-03 | 21 |
| 91 | 2011-01-22 | 20 |
| 355 | — | 19 |
| 562 | — | 19 |
| 265 | — | 18 |
| 212 | 2013-07-20 | 17 |
| 65 | 2010-07-10 | 14 |
A dash in the date column means the transcription file carries no verified date — an undated file, not an undated lecture. Counts are accent-insensitive, word-boundary matches over the public community transcription corpus.[4] [5]
References
- Immanuel Kant — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Immanuel Kant: Metaphysics (topical entry with a biographical section) — Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Immanuel Kant — Encyclopaedia Britannica
- COF — community transcriptions of the Curso Online de Filosofia (585 lectures) — Community transcription repository (upstream declares CC0 for the transcription work; the lectures remain the estate's)
- COF em Áudio — lecture audio collection — Internet Archive (community upload)