Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' A Reader's

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the most important work of philosophy of the last two centuries. It is a classic text that is encountered by virtually every student of philosophy. As such, it is a very important and exciting, yet notoriously challenging, piece of philosophical writing. James Luchte's Reader's Guide offers guidance on: Philosophical and historical context, Key themes, Reading the text, Reception and influence, Further reading. Book jacket.

James Luchte is Lecturer in European Philosophy at the University of Wales, Lampeter, UK

Preface	p. ix
Note on the Text	p. xi
Context	p. 1
Kant Chronology and Biography	p. 1
Between the Revolutions: The Age of Criticism and Enlightenment	p. 6
Overview of Kant's Other Major Works	p. 10
Overview of Themes	p. 22
Overview	p. 22
Background of the Text	p. 27
Reading the Text	p. 46
Introduction	p. 46
Transcendental Aesthetic	p. 47
Transcendental Logic	p. 51
Imagination, Synthesis and the Third Basic Faculty of the Soul	p. 56
Transcendental Deduction	p. 62
Transcendental Judgment: Judgment and Schematism	p. 84
The Principles of Pure Understanding	p. 90
Blindnesses: The Status of Imagination in the First Critique	p. 96
Phenomena and Noumena	p. 98
Transcendental Dialectic	p. 103
Paralogisms of Pure Reason	p. 110
The Antinomy of Pure Reason	p. 118
The Ideal of Pure Reason	p. 135
Transcendental Doctrine of Method	p. 147
Epilogue: the Critique of Pure Reason	p. 155
Reception and Influence	p. 157
The Rationalists	p. 157
The 'Pantheism Controversy'	p. 158
The German Idealist Movement	p. 161
Kant and Schopenhauer	p. 166
Neo-Kantianism	p. 167
The Continental/Analytic Divide	p. 171
Notes	p. 175
Guide to Further Reading	p. 179
Contents of the Critique of Pure Reason with A & B Locations	p. 183
Index	p. 189
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