Kant: orientation and fremde Vernunft

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the notion of orientation in Kant, in a context that brings together other concepts also important to his philosophy, i.e., the notion of fremde Vernunft (reason of others), autonomy and Aufklärung, dividing the text into four parts: a) constructing a panorama of the concept of orientation in the critical writings of Kant, indicating the semantics of its occurrences and its insertion into the critical programme; b) analysing the significance and the function of the notion of fremde Vernunft; c) explaining the close relationship between orientation and fremde Vernunft; and d) relating the notions of orientation and fremde Vernunft within Aufklärung.