칸트의 “이성의 사실Faktum der Vernunft”의 의미와 역할 = The Meaning and Role of Kant’s “Faktum der Vernunft”

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this article is to clarify the meaning and role of Kant’s “Faktum der Vernunft”: 1) What does the word 'Faktum' mean in the expression ‘Faktum der Vernunft’? 2) How should we interpret the genetive in the expression ‘Faktum der Vernunft’? 3) Does this Faktum-thesis play a role in the argumentation of Critique of Practical Reason? By answering these three questions, I tried to clearly define the meaning and role of “Faktum der Vernunft”.
For the first question, the word ‘Faktum’ can mean both fact and action, but its fundamental meaning relates to action. Regarding the second question, I concluded that practical reason acts as an author or practical reason has certain fact. In addressing the third question, I concluded that the “fact of reason” does not serve as a proof of the validity of the moral law and it functions only as an additional explanation.
The characteristic of the “fact of reason” is that it is created by pure practical reason to oppose the inclinations and defend the duty whenever in conflict. The fact “created” by “act of reason” is not one that exists independently from and could be recognized by the human subject as a physical situation. The fact “created” by “act of reason” can rather be said to occur only when the agent makes a moral judgment. In this regard, the “fact of reason” is a fact that exists by virtue of a rational being’s self-realization.