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PETER GEACH               Peter Thomas Geach is one of the leading British philosophers who have given remarkable contributions in the field of history of philosophy, philosophical logic, and the theory of identity. He was born on 29 th March 1916 at Chelsea in London. His notable ideas include Analytical Thomism and Omnipotence paradox. He taught at the University of Birmingham from 1951 until 1966 when he was appointed as the Professor of Logic in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Leeds. He was given the title of Emeritus Professor of Logic on his retirement from Leeds in 1981. Geach was elected as Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1965. He has been awarded the papal cross "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" by the Holy See for his philosophical work. In 1941 he married Elizabeth Anscombe who was his occasional collaborator and a noted philosopher and Wittgenstein scholar. His early work includes the classic texts, Mental Acts and Reference and Ge

TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION .. 1 CHAPTER 1 LIFE AND WORKS OF IMMANUEL KANT . 3 INTRODUCTION .. 3 1.1 A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY .. 4 1.2 IMPORTANT WORKS . 6 1.2.1 The Critique of Pure Reason . 7 1.2.2 The Critique of Practical Reason . 9 1.2.3 The Critique of Judgment 10 CONCLUSION .. 11 CHAPTER 2 KANTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN AS AN ETHICAL BEING .. 13 INTRODUCTION .. 13 2.1 HUMAN AS AN AUTONOMOUS BEING .. 14 2.1.1 Free Will 18 2.2 Postulates of Morality . 19 2.2.1 The Postulate of God . 21 2.2.2 The postulate of Immortality . 22 2.2.3 The Postulate of Freedom .. 23 2.3 CONCEPT OF FREEDOM ... 25 2.4 CONCEPT OF OBLIGATION .. 27 2.5 CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVES . 28 2.5.1 The First Formulation . 30 2.5.2 The Second Formulation . 31 2.5.3 The Third Formulation . 32 CONCLUSION .. 33 CHAPTER 3 CRITICISM OF KANT’S THINKING .. 35 INTRODUCTION .. 35 3.1 CRITICISM OF KANT’S ETHICS IN GENERAL .. 36 3.1.1 Rigorism .. 36 3.1.2 Abs