# Architectonics

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{{Short description|Philosophical concept}}
In [philosophy](/source/philosophy), '''architectonics''' is used figuratively (after ''[architecture](/source/architecture)'') to mean "foundational" or "fundamental", supporting the structure of a [morality](/source/morality), [society](/source/society), or [culture](/source/culture). In [Kant's architectonic system](/source/Schema_(Kant)) there is a progression of phases from the most [formal](/source/Substantial_form) to the most empirical<ref>For an explanation of the logical structure of this progression, see Stephen Palmquist, "[https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/ksp1/KSP3.html The Architectonic Form of Kant's Copernican Logic]", Metaphilosophy 17:4 (October 1986), pp. 266–288; revised and reprinted as Chapter III of Stephen Palmquist, [http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/ksp1 ''Kant's System of Perspectives'']: ''An architectonic interpretation of the Critical philosophy'' (Lanham: University Press of America, 1993). Also see the third appendix, entitled "[https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/ksp1/KSP3A.html Common Objections to Architectonic Reasoning]".</ref> [C. S. Peirce](/source/Charles_Sanders_Peirce) adapted the Kantian concept as his blueprint for a pragmatic philosophy. [Martial Gueroult](/source/Martial_Gueroult) wrote of  "architectonic unities". Michel Foucault adapted the concept in his treatise ''[The Archaeology of Knowledge](/source/The_Archaeology_of_Knowledge).''

==See also==
* [Aristotelianism](/source/Aristotelianism), a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle
* ''[The Archaeology of Knowledge](/source/The_Archaeology_of_Knowledge)'' (''L’archéologie du savoir''), a 1969 treatise by Michel Foucault 

==References==
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Category:Broad-concept articles
Category:Architectural theory

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