Kant's philosophy - Rational psychology: Do we have a spiritual soul or are we just our brains?

Metaphysics, the science of the supersensual, has rational psychology as one of its fields according to Kant, a science which tries to understand our sole through mere reason. But in this field reason is dialectical, which means that it creates a certain illusion of truth: It brings forth four paralogisms, vier wrong arguments, according to which our soul is an immortal spirit. No matter however how much these arguments are grounded in the very nature of our reason and how true they seem to be, they still are false and the dissolving of this dialectic is a core concern of the Critique of Pure Reason. Quote: 0:08 Reason is dialectical when it seeks cognition of the soul: 2:23 The four supposed cognitions about the soul which reason tries to prove: 6:36 The fundamental mistake in the four paralogisms on the soul: 43:44 Rational psychology deals with two of the most important philosophical problems of modernity: 1:12:41 1. Empirical idealism: Is the world only a dream?: 1:14:47 2. Body-soul-problem: How are body and soul connected?: 1:26:08 With his dogmatic opinions Kant is being inconsistent and left behind by his own critique: 2:08:14 Rational psychology as a positive doctrine of the soul is not possible: 2:13:20 Rational psychology can be a negative discipline in regards to the soul: 2:20:22 Spiritualism and materialism are equally unprovable: 2:24:01 Thanks: 2:44:31 If one is interested in the way Kant deals with the dialectic in the rational doctrine of the soul, one should read not just the respective passage in the second edition of the Critique of Pure Reason: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4280/4280-h/4280-h.htm#chap72, but also the one in the first edition (of which I could not find a free online version), since Kant reworked and shortened that part considerably and the original version is more clear. However, a complete picture of Kant's opinions on the soul, especially on the body-soul-problem, requires reading the passages on rational psychology in his lectures on metaphysics: https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0028kant/mode/2up | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0028kant_d7g2/mode/2up (I am not aware of English translations.) Whoever wants to support my aufkläring work can do so via: https://ko-fi.com/jonathanivoloewer https://www.patreon.com/jonathanivoloewer https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VDDT7T7XHR77U Thumbnail: www.hotpot.ai