What is the difference between Kant and Descartes?

Nothing captures the difference between the metaphysical frameworks of Kant and Descartes more crisply than a contrast between two proofs. Consider, first, Descartes's proof of God's existence. The proof begins with the recognition of a certain idea that Descartes is able to hold in his mind. read more

Troubled by Hume’s skepticism, Kant looked at both rationalists like Descartes and empiricists like Locke, Berkeley, and Hume for answers. Kant believed that the problem with rationalism is that it ultimately established great systems of logical relationships ungrounded in observations. read more

Nothing captures the difference between the metaphysical frameworks of Kant and Descartes more crisply than a contrast between two proofs. Consider, first, Descartes’s proof of God’s existence. The proof begins with the recognition of a certain idea that Descartes is able to hold in his mind. read more