From the Problem of Reason to the Fact of Action: Epistemological Shifts in Kant’s Concept of Freedom

Volume 15|Issue 57| Summer 2026 |Articles

Abstract

This article examines the concept of practical freedom in Kantian philosophy, tracing its transitional trajectory from the realm of transcendental dialectic in the Critique of Pure Reason to moral legislation in the Critique of Practical Reason. The paper argues that Kant rescues the concept of freedom from a theoretical impasse where it appears as a problem of reason that cannot be known, and transforms it into a fact of reason that establishes itself through moral law. In undertaking an analytical reading of the "Canon of Pure Reason", the study explores the epistemological distinction between transcendental freedom as a logical possibility and practical freedom as a form of causality that attains reality in the sensible world through moral action and autonomy.

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Jaouad Gria (Corresponding Author)ORCID

​PhD Researcher, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ibn Tofail University​.

Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Ibn Tofail University.​​

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