What are the limitations of a purely rational approach to Enlightenment, according to some critics?

Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another. May 26, 2021 ... Kant's rhetoric about “maturity” is one way of articulating an Enlightenment vision for citizenship. Another path lies in the epitaph Thomas ... Here, I begin with the distinction between a radical Enlightenment and a moderate Enlightenment, in order to show that in Kant both tendencies could have ... This paper aims to understand Kant's conception of Enlightenment and, in particular the idea of “Sapere Aude” (dare to think for yourself), described in his ... Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's own understanding without the guidance of ... For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. -What is Enlightenment? Kant's advocacy of freedom in the public use of reason is familiar to most readers of his moral and political philosophy. Schmidt, James. "What Enlightenment Was: How Moses Mendelssohn and Immanuel Kant. Answered the Berlinische Monatsschrift." Journal of the History of ... Dec 13, 2017 ... The ideals of the Enlightenment are the basis of our democracies and universities in the 21st century: belief in reason, science, ... Jan 1, 1984 ... Kant indicates right away that the “way out” that characterizes Enlightenment is a process that releases us from the status of “immaturity.” And ...