Amit Kravitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1179489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amit Kravitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amit |
| FAMILY NAME | Kravitz |
| SIGNATURE | KRAVITZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kant and Mendelssohn on the limits of religious pluralism and tolerance, or: Two conceptions of Judaism
In this paper, I explain how Kant's attitude towards Judaism can best be understood in terms of conceptual design, how this explanation can account for the many peculiarities in Kant's take on Judaism, and why this issue is much more central to Kant's moral philosophy than is usually recognized. I then examine to what extent Mendelssohn's conception of Judaism contrasts with Kant's. I conclude by suggesting some general reflections concerning the…
Revelation’s Entrenchment in Pure Reason in Fichte’s Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung
According to Kant’s dictum, morality leads inescapably to religion. Notably, this implies two unavoidable shifts: From ‘morality’ to the ‘religion of reason’ and from the ‘religion of reason’ to ‘positive religions’ (‘revelation’). I explain the grounds for each shift, focusing on the different kinds of necessity involved. I then analyze Fichte’s Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung (1792), which mainly addresses the second shift, discussed onl…
The Reason for Miracles and the Miracles in Reason: Kant’s Practical Conception of Miracles
The term ‘miracle’ generally refers to events that are not explicable by natural causes alone. Kant’s notion of miracles is usually understood along these lines. However, Kant’s occupation with miracles should be understood in a practical context. Belief in miracles plays a constitutive role in Kant’s philosophy of religion concerning the need to strengthen the will both before and after departing from original evil. I demonstrate how my argument…
Brief Remarks on Sterba's Moral Argument from Evil
We pose two challenges to Sterba's position. First, we show that Sterba fails to consider alternative historical positions such as Leibniz's (who argues that God knows that the actual world is the best of all possible worlds) or Kant's (who suggests that God does not necessarily know what free agents would choose or would have chosen, had God not intervened), both of which bear direct relevance to some major aspects of Sterba's argument. Second, …
Divine Gütigkeit, Divine Güte: Kant on an Ancient Query
In his essay on theodicy, Kant explicitly claims that while the disproportion between crime and punishment poses a theodicean challenge concerning God’s justice, the suffering of the righteous is compatible with God’s justice [Gerechtigkeit], goodness [Gütigkeit], and holiness [Heiligkeit]. In light of this, Kant’s reason for addressing the book of Job in this context is puzzling. However, the location of Job’s story in the text reveals that Job’…
Kant’s Conception of Theodicy and his Argument from Metaphysical Evil against it
A series of attempts have been made to determine Kant’s exact position towards theodicy, and to understand whether it is a direct consequence of his critical philosophy or, rather, whether it is merely linked to some inner development within his critical philosophy. However, I argue that the question of Kant’s critical relation to theodicy has been misunderstood; and that in fact, Kant redefines the essence of the theodicean question anew. After …
Jean Améry: Beyond the Mind's Limits
Begriff des Judentums in der Klassischen Deutschen Philosophie
Der vorliegende Sammelband setzt sich zum Ziel, das spezifisch Philosophische am Verhältnis der klassischen deutschen Philosophie zum Judentum herauszuarbeiten: Wie wird »das Judentum« im Ausgang von Kant in die philosophische Theoriebildung affirmativ, kritisch oder gar diffamierend einbezogen? Wie wird die eigene Philosophie in Abgrenzung vom Judentum konstituiert? Wie wird das Bild des Judentums philosophisch konstruiert, und wie wird es für d…
Moral Comfort versus Tragic Downfall: Kant's Concept of the Dynamically Sublime and Schelling's Tragic Alternative
The first few sections of this article concern the pleasure taken in the dynamically sublime. I argue that, according to Kant, intuited nature does not only serve to occasion that pleasure, but is actually a constitutive element of it. The latter sections concern the role of the dynamically sublime in Kant's philosophy. I argue that this notion is a significant link between morality and theology. This explains why some unique anti-Kantian argumen…
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Begriff des Judentums in der Klassischen Deutschen Philosophie
Der vorliegende Sammelband setzt sich zum Ziel, das spezifisch Philosophische am Verhältnis der klassischen deutschen Philosophie zum Judentum herauszuarbeiten: Wie wird »das Judentum« im Ausgang von Kant in die philosophische Theoriebildung affirmativ, kritisch oder gar diffamierend einbezogen? Wie wird die eigene Philosophie in Abgrenzung vom Judentum konstituiert? Wie wird das Bild des Judentums philosophisch konstruiert, und wie wird es für d…
Moral Comfort versus Tragic Downfall: Kant's Concept of the Dynamically Sublime and Schelling's Tragic Alternative
The first few sections of this article concern the pleasure taken in the dynamically sublime. I argue that, according to Kant, intuited nature does not only serve to occasion that pleasure, but is actually a constitutive element of it. The latter sections concern the role of the dynamically sublime in Kant's philosophy. I argue that this notion is a significant link between morality and theology. This explains why some unique anti-Kantian argumen…
Jean Améry: Beyond the Mind's Limits
Kant’s Conception of Theodicy and his Argument from Metaphysical Evil against it
A series of attempts have been made to determine Kant’s exact position towards theodicy, and to understand whether it is a direct consequence of his critical philosophy or, rather, whether it is merely linked to some inner development within his critical philosophy. However, I argue that the question of Kant’s critical relation to theodicy has been misunderstood; and that in fact, Kant redefines the essence of the theodicean question anew. After …
Divine Gütigkeit, Divine Güte: Kant on an Ancient Query
In his essay on theodicy, Kant explicitly claims that while the disproportion between crime and punishment poses a theodicean challenge concerning God’s justice, the suffering of the righteous is compatible with God’s justice [Gerechtigkeit], goodness [Gütigkeit], and holiness [Heiligkeit]. In light of this, Kant’s reason for addressing the book of Job in this context is puzzling. However, the location of Job’s story in the text reveals that Job’…
Revelation’s Entrenchment in Pure Reason in Fichte’s Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung
According to Kant’s dictum, morality leads inescapably to religion. Notably, this implies two unavoidable shifts: From ‘morality’ to the ‘religion of reason’ and from the ‘religion of reason’ to ‘positive religions’ (‘revelation’). I explain the grounds for each shift, focusing on the different kinds of necessity involved. I then analyze Fichte’s Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung (1792), which mainly addresses the second shift, discussed onl…
The Reason for Miracles and the Miracles in Reason: Kant’s Practical Conception of Miracles
The term ‘miracle’ generally refers to events that are not explicable by natural causes alone. Kant’s notion of miracles is usually understood along these lines. However, Kant’s occupation with miracles should be understood in a practical context. Belief in miracles plays a constitutive role in Kant’s philosophy of religion concerning the need to strengthen the will both before and after departing from original evil. I demonstrate how my argument…
Brief Remarks on Sterba's Moral Argument from Evil
We pose two challenges to Sterba's position. First, we show that Sterba fails to consider alternative historical positions such as Leibniz's (who argues that God knows that the actual world is the best of all possible worlds) or Kant's (who suggests that God does not necessarily know what free agents would choose or would have chosen, had God not intervened), both of which bear direct relevance to some major aspects of Sterba's argument. Second, …
Kant and Mendelssohn on the limits of religious pluralism and tolerance, or: Two conceptions of Judaism
In this paper, I explain how Kant's attitude towards Judaism can best be understood in terms of conceptual design, how this explanation can account for the many peculiarities in Kant's take on Judaism, and why this issue is much more central to Kant's moral philosophy than is usually recognized. I then examine to what extent Mendelssohn's conception of Judaism contrasts with Kant's. I conclude by suggesting some general reflections concerning the…
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Theology and Philosophy of Evil (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity (3 works)