Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'

An Introduction

Jill Vance Buroker author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:12th Oct '06

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This book is an introductory textbook explaining the role of the first Critique in Kant's philosophy.

This introductory textbook explains the role of the first Critique in Kant's philosophy and offers a line-by-line reading of the major arguments in the text. It is accessible to readers with little background in the history of philosophy and will also be a valuable resource for more advanced students.In this introductory textbook to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Jill Vance Buroker explains the role of this first Critique in Kant's Critical project and offers a line-by-line reading of the major arguments in the text. She situates Kant's views in relation both to his predecessors and to contemporary debates, explaining his Critical philosophy as a response to the failure of rationalism and the challenge of skepticism. Paying special attention to Kant's notoriously difficult vocabulary, she explains the strengths and weaknesses of his arguments, while leaving the final assessment up to the reader. Intended to be read alongside the Critique (also published by Cambridge University Press as part of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation), this guide is accessible to readers with little background in the history of philosophy, but should also be a valuable resource for more advanced students.

"...I certainly intend to assign this book in future courses on the Critique of Pure Reason, and I am confident that all other teachers of Kant will find their students deeply grateful if they do so as well." --Paul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania: Philosophy in Review

ISBN: 9780521853156

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm

Weight: 580g

338 pages