Authors: Sebasti Gardner
ISBN-13: 9780415119092, ISBN-10: 041511909X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: May 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important philosophical work in Western philosophy. It is also one of the most difficult philosophical texts to study. This clear, straightforward guide to the Critique recasts Kant's thought in more familiar language, avoiding the technicalities that plague other secondary sources on Kant. Sebastian Gardner examines Kant's thought by contrasting two interpretive traditions--those of Strawson and Allison--while setting the Critique in the context of both pre-Kantian and post-Kantian philosophy. Ideal for anyone coming to Kant's thought for the first time, this accessible guide will be vital reading for all students of Kant in philosophy.
Preface | ||
1 | The problem of metaphysics | 1 |
2 | The possibility of objects | 27 |
3 | How are synthetic a priori judgements possible? (The Introduction) | 51 |
4 | The sensible conditions of objects (The Aesthetic) | 65 |
5 | Transcendental idealism | 87 |
6 | The conceptual conditions of objects (The Analytic) | 115 |
7 | Unknowable objects (The Dialectic) | 209 |
8 | The meaning of transcendental idealism | 269 |
9 | The complete Critical system (The Canon of Pure Reason) | 307 |
10 | The reception and influence of the Critique | 327 |
Bibliography | 349 | |
Index | 365 |