The Presence of Kant in a Contemporary Scientist’s Thinking

The article demonstrates the commonality of a contemporary scientist’s thinking and
Kant’s ideas. The author defines thinking based on the maxims of unprejudiced, broadened and consistent thought proposed by Kant in the “Critique of Judgment.” The commonality in question is identified in three contexts. First, the author considers the context
of activity of the cognizing reason “in the face” of its objects, referring to Kant’s Copernican Revolution. Second, the context of the ambiguity of the work of reason, referring to
the Kantian interpretation of the regulative application of ideas of reason, is revealed.
Third, the context of the public use of reason, where the scientist addresses not only professionals but also “the entire reading public,” is problematized. The problems stated by
Kant that provoke a contemporary scholar’s thinking are explored.