Before reading this book
Introduction

Part 1: Kant's Cognitive Revolution: A Revolution in the Model of the Mind
Critique of Pure Reason
From object-centered philosophy to subject-centered philosophy
Dissecting the Human Mind
How to distinguish between perception and reasoning
A New World in Philosophy: The Discovery of the Transcendental Dimension
Q/A Ask and Answer

Part 2: Kant's Ethical Revolution - From Virtue Ethics to Duty Ethics
Critique of Practical Reason
Opening Modern Ethics
Liberty, the sacred and inviolable dignity of the human person
How are moral judgments made?
The Highest Good and the Call for Ethics
Q/A Ask and Answer

Part 3: Kant's Aesthetic Revolution - The Foundation of Modern Art
Critique of Judgment, Part 1
The starting point of modern aesthetics
Who is an artist?
The Four Faces of Hobby Judgment
Beauty, the Sublime, and Freedom
Q/A Ask and Answer

Part 4: Kant's Ecological Revolution - From Mechanism to Organismism
The latter part of the Critique of Judgment
How has nature been perceived?
Controversy surrounding organisms
Beautiful nature and living nature
Motives of Teleological Judgment
Q/A Ask and Answer

A great teacher who taught me how to think outside the box
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References

To think is to draw!
The core concepts of Kant's philosophy condensed into one volume!

"Why Kant?" is a book based on philosophy lectures by Professor Kim Sang-hwan, a professor of philosophy at Seoul National University and an advisor to Naver's Open Forum "Inside and Outside Culture."
In an introductory philosophy course taught by Professor Kim Sang-hwan at Seoul National University, students showed the most enthusiastic response to the section on Kant.
The author, who has taught that anyone studying modern philosophy, even if not a Kant specialist, must read and understand Kant, introduces Kant's philosophy and the innovative changes it brought about in this book.
And the author summarizes Kant's philosophy in various diagrams to illuminate Kant, who taught us what it means to think while analyzing the various layers of human thought.
The author says about this, “Sometimes thinking is like drawing a picture, like making a diagram.”
In other words, philosophy emphasizes that it teaches thinking rather than teaching knowledge.

Why is philosophy divided into before and after Kant?
Kant's three major critiques that changed the course of human thought

Among the many philosophers who have made important achievements, Kant's status is special.
In particular, if we were to name the greatest philosopher in the history of Western philosophy, we cannot leave out Kant.
It is no exaggeration to say that Kant's philosophy brought about a revolutionary change that changed the intellectual history of mankind.
This book, "Why Kant?", introduces the foundation of Kant's philosophy through the three major critiques he left behind: "Critique of Pure Reason," "Critique of Practical Reason," and "Critique of Judgment," and focuses on how philosophy before and after Kant has changed.

So what did Kant accomplish that makes him so special? Kant's philosophy brought about profound changes in epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and the view of nature.
The change is often likened to the Copernican revolution in astronomy.
Just as Copernicus, through his heliocentric theory, argued for a completely different perspective on the relationship between the sun and the earth, Kant completely reversed the relationship between subject and object by discovering and elucidating the transcendental dimension.
Kant's epistemology is called the 'Copernican turn' because before Kant, the starting point of cognition was the object, and the subject was considered a mirror that passively reflected the object.
In this book, "Why Kant?", the author details the multiple transformations that Kant brought about through each of the three major critiques, along with the innovations in epistemology.

The author compares Kant, who discovered a new territory that could be called the New World of philosophy, to the 'Columbus of philosophy.'
It can be said that most of the significant ideas that have shaped the history of philosophy since Kant to this day have developed on the foundation discovered by Kant.
Of course, this kind of preaching existed even before Kant.
Descartes first discussed the thinking subject.
However, Kant is the person who established the modern status and identity of philosophy by giving epistemology a complete form.
Among the many expressions that express Kant's enormous position in the history of Western philosophy and the great changes he brought about, the most representative is the metaphor of the lake.
“All philosophy before Kant flows into the great lake called Kant, and all philosophy after Kant is a stream that began with Kant.” German idealism, which developed starting with Kant, became one of the mainstreams of Western philosophy and still forms the basis of modern thought.

Model answers to almost every problem addressed in philosophy
Kant, the great teacher who taught us how to think

The author says that the reason for revisiting each of Kant's transformations in epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and view of nature in this book, "Why Kant," is not for philosophical debate.
The author reveals that he wrote this book to highlight Kant's modern meaning.
In this book, the author devotes most of his space to explaining Kant as the philosopher who established the modern identity of philosophy, but ultimately highlights him as a great teacher who taught modern people how to think.

Kant was a philosopher who presented his own position on almost every issue addressed by Western philosophy at the time.
The author states that Kant precisely formulated the philosophical questions raised in modern society and presented his analysis and conclusions as a 'model answer.'
Although Kant's thought may not provide us with the right answers today, for those struggling with the philosophical questions raised in his time, Kant is at least the philosopher who provided the most balanced answers for them to refer to.
Through this book, you will be able to experience the innovation brought about by the philosophy of Kant, a great teacher who taught modern people what it means to think, while analyzing the various layers of human thought.

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