Immanuel Kant

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Core Identity: Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) was a German philosopher whose critical philosophy created a decisive paradigm shift in epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics Copernican Revolution in Philosophy: Argued in Critique of Pure Reason that the human mind does not passively conform to objects; rather, objects conform to the human mind's innate forms of intuition (space, time) and categories of understanding Deontological Moral Duty: Formulated the Categorical Imperative, establishing that moral actions must be performed out of duty according to maxims that can be willed as universal laws 1740–1746 (University of Königsberg): Studied theology, philosophy, and mathematics under Martin Knutzen at the University of Königsberg (Albertina)

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