Abstract

By predicating the adjective “pragmatic” to his anthropology, Kant declares his critical position to traditional anthropology, natural geography, empirical psychology and physiological anthropology. So, he defines man not as a substance, an essence or a thing on the earth, but as a being who acts according to three levels of “man’s praxis”. The aim of this paper is to investigate about origin, meaning and content of Kant’s anthropology, in order to answer the question “is there any relationship between Kant’s anthropology and his critical philosophy?” It seems that Kant’s anthropological project, without depending on a teleological principle, cannot succeed. After evaluating this assertion, we find that the required teleological principle is reflective judgment by means of which Kant correlates his anthropology and critical philosophy.