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    It is not the case that Hume's restriction of reason to a servant of passion presupposes a sharp faculty distinction that Kant's critical philosophy systematically dismantles.

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    • 1.Hume's distinction between reason and passion targets different functions (inference vs. motivation), not necessarily separable faculties.
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    • 2.Kant himself distinguishes pure and practical reason, suggesting faculty divisions persist in critical philosophy despite their integration.
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    • 3.The claim conflates Hume's conceptual hierarchy with a faculty dualism; Hume need not require metaphysically distinct mental substances.
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    • 1.Kant's transcendental idealism shows reason actively structures experience through categories, not passively serving given desires.
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    • 2.Kant's moral philosophy grounds obligation in reason itself (categorical imperative), rejecting Hume's reduction to passion-derived sentiment.
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    • 3.Kant integrates sensibility, understanding, and reason as interdependent faculties, dissolving the sharp Humean separation Hume presupposes.
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