# Immanuel Kant |  | **Immanuel Kant** was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy, being called the "father of modern ethics", the "father of modern aesthetics", and for bringing together rationalism and empiricism earned the title of "father of modern philosophy". | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Immanuel Kant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant) | [[Noumenon]] and [[Phenomenon]] ## Kant's [[Transcendental idealism]] (transcendental aesthetic) to explain perception, space, and time ## [[Ethics]] - [[Deontology]] ## Sources - [[Critique of Pure Reason]] ## Inbox - [[Schema (Kant)]] - [[Analytic-synthetic distinction]]