categorical imperative

central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
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categorical imperative

Summary

categorical imperative is a philosophical concept[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of philosophical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,475 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • categorical imperative is credited with the discovery of Immanuel Kant[3].
  • categorical imperative's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].
  • categorical imperative's GND ID is recorded as 4208204-3[5].
  • categorical imperative's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119489541[6].
  • categorical imperative's opposite of is recorded as hypothetical imperative[7].
  • categorical imperative's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 18346[8].
  • categorical imperative's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01fg8y[9].
  • categorical imperative's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph135776[10].
  • categorical imperative's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 170[11].
  • categorical imperative's facet of is recorded as ethics[12].
  • categorical imperative's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • categorical imperative's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14].
  • categorical imperative's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/categorical-imperative[15].
  • categorical imperative's BBC Things ID is recorded as 757608c6-9322-4847-b609-15001cd43fee[16].
  • categorical imperative's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as kant-moral[17].
  • categorical imperative's NE.se ID is recorded as kategoriskt-imperativ[18].
  • categorical imperative's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 03432a[19].
  • categorical imperative's Quora topic ID is recorded as Categorical-Imperative[20].
  • categorical imperative's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as filosofie/categorische-imperatief[21].
  • categorical imperative's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as categorical-imperatives[22].
  • categorical imperative's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as det_kategoriske_imperativ[23].
  • categorical imperative's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776907558[24].
  • categorical imperative's TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID is recorded as zaruri[25].
  • categorical imperative's Lex ID is recorded as det_kategoriske_imperativ[26].
  • categorical imperative's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2776907558[27].

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Designation and Status

categorical imperative's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].

Why It Matters

categorical imperative ranks in the top 5% of philosophical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,475 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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