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The paper analyses the definition of science as an architectonic unity, 		which Kant gives in the  Architectonic of Pure Reason . I will show how this definition 		is problematic, insofar as it is affected by the various ways in which the relationship 		of reason to ends is discussed in this chapter of the  Critique of Pure Reason . 		Kant sometimes claims that architectonic unity is only obtainable thanks to 		an actual reference to the essential practical ends of human reason, but he also 		identifies disciplines that do not make this reference as scientific. In order to find 		a solution to this apparent contradiction, I will first present Kant’s distinction between 		a  scholastic  and a  cosmic  concept of philosophy. This distinction expresses 		Kant’s foreshadowing of his later insistence on the priority of practical philosophy 		within a true system of philosophy. Then, I will present a related distinction 		between technical and architectonic unity and show how Kant seems to use 		two different conceptions of science, one simply attributing systematic unity to 		science, the other claiming that science should consider the essential practical 		ends of human beings. I will propose a solution to this problem by arguing that, 		if we give a closer look to Kant’s claims, the unity of scientific disciplines can be 		considered architectonic without taking into consideration the essential practical 		ends of human reason. In fact, it is only philosophy, as a particular discipline 		which aims to become a science, that cannot develop into a systematic whole 		without considering those essential practical ends. It is thus only in philosophy 		that we cannot reach scientificity without considering these ends.

Kant’s Definition of Science in the Architectonic of Pure Reason and the Essential Ends of Reason