The presentness of enlightenment, the possibility of critique of modern philosophical discourses

Criticism Reason Enlightenment Subject Critical Thinking Modernity

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October 22, 2021

The subject of this research is the nature and definition of critique, how it relates to the new age of modernity, as well as what critical thinking is and its relation to modern European philosophy. The new age, which is characterized by the autonomy of the intellect and its application at all levels, is also the origin of fundamental changes in all aspects of human life; Developments that brought about a new order in accordance with the spirit of the times and in proportion to it to organize social and cultural relations and to establish political order and economic life of men and women in the modern world. The new age, in addition to trying to achieve and the possibility of cognition based on reason and scientific criteria based on the subject of self-determination and self-thinking, has given its appearance in scientific-technical progress as an extract of reason; An era that can be defined by the formation of capitalism, the construction of the bourgeois world, the establishment of state systems, or the establishment of modern science. But what is the main purpose of this study to examine the concept of criticism in the philosophical discourse of the Enlightenment as an age of criticism with emphasis and focus on the Enlightenment article? Immanuel Kant is the famous German philosopher and his relation to modernity as well as its presence for all times. Also, in the continuation of the research, what is critical thinking, analytical principles and it as one of the effective and path-breaking approaches in contemporary social sciences and humanities will be explored and researched. Modern self-founded subject.