Introducing Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Surveys the place of the Critique of Pure Reason in Kant's philosophical project, describing and analyzing the main arguments.

This Element surveys the place of the Critique of Pure Reason in Kant's overall philosophical project and describes and analyzes the main arguments of the work. It examines the developments in Kant's thought that led to the first critique,and provides an account of the genesis of the book based on Kant's handwritten notes.This Element surveys the place of the Critique of Pure Reason in Kant's overall philosophical project and describes and analyzes the main arguments of the work. It also surveys the developments in Kant's thought that led to the first critique, and provides an account of the genesis of the book during the 'silent decade' of its composition in the 1770s based on Kant's handwritten notes from the period.