Acerca da unidade da teoria e da prática: Notas em torno da moral kantiana

Abstract

Conceptualization is commonly labeled as “simple” and/or stringent theories, on the one hand, by implying a slight contempt by such theories and, on the other hand, emphasizing a practice as “realistic”. Often, both one side as the other, report that one thing is the theory, quite another is practice. We depart, therefore, from this discussion about the demarcation between theory and practice. In our research we will have prospectively the booklet of Immanuel Kant, 1793, Über den Gemeinspruch: Das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, taugt aber nicht für die Praxis. The practical work of Kant is directly linked to is theoretical thinking, no matter how many the interpretations of this connection might be. The theory has to do with principles and general rules; the practice has to do with the application of those principles and rules. Investigating Kant, practice is bound by theory. We seek therefore to comprehend this bond between theory and practice in the author of Königsberg.