Posted: Jan 24, 2012 1:38 pm
advaitya wrote:Hi Walter. I am not sure of the exact wording of the phrase or mention of the word rule. Like you, I only faintly recall the general gist. Instead of "rules", it might have contained "man defines the laws of the universe.." but I cannot be sure.
I am too busy to look it up now - but what you have in mind is in "Critique of Practical Reason" (towards the end as I recall).
Kant is discussing the problem of free will in relation to necessity and chance. As I recall he only offers it as a suggestion and says later that the theory would be difficult to justify and might raise more problems than it solves.
You can find the text on Gutenberg - you can probably find it by doing some skimming. If I have time later I can probably find the part.