Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics with

Two hundred years after his death, Kant remains one of the most important modern philosophers. The Prolegomena is the ideal introduction to Kant's unique account of the nature human knowledge, according to which we actively shape the world as we know it. This new edition of Kant's own summary of his philosophy is designed specially for students. Guenter Zoeller assumes no prior knowledge of the Prolegomena and provides an extensive and comprehensive introduction which explores Kant's life, the origin and reception of the Prolegomena, theorganization of the work, its principal arguments, and its philosophical significance. This edition also includes detailed notes to aid student understanding, as well as a chronology, a glossary and an annotated bibliography.

Gunter Zoller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Munich and member of the Fichte Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He served as Vice President of the North American Kant Society between 1988 and 1994.
He has written extensively on Kant and has also has worked as an editor and translator of classical German philosophy. Books published previously include Objective Reference in Kant (1984) and Schopenhauer's Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will (1999).

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

How to Use this Book

3

(2)

Editor's Introduction

5

(22)

A Sketch of Kant's Life and Works

5

(3)

Towards the Critique of Pure Reason

8

(6)

The First Edition of the Critique of Pure Reason

14

(6)

The Gottingen Review of the Critique of Pure Reason

20

(1)

The Contributions of the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

21

(6)

Advice on Further Reading

27

(1)

Overview of the Prolegomena

28

(6)

Analysis of the Prolegomena

34

(14)

Note on Texts and Translations

48

(6)

Notes to Part 1

54

(7)

PART 2: PROLEGOMENA TO ANY FUTURE METAPHYSICS

Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

61

(2)

Preface

63

(8)

Preamble: Of What is Peculiar to All Metaphysical Cognition (§§1--3)

71

(7)

Of the Sources of Metaphysics

71

(1)

Of the Kind of Cognition that Alone Can be Called Metaphysical

72

(1)

Of the distinction between synthetic and analytic judgements in general

72

(1)

The common principle of all analytic judgements is the principle of contradiction

72

(1)

Synthetic judgements need a different principle from the principle of contradiction

73

(4)

Note to the Universal Division of Judgements into Analytic and Synthetic

77

(1)

General Question of the Prolegomena: Is Metaphysics Possible at All? (§4)

78

(3)

General Question: How Is Cognition from Pure Reason Possible? (§5)

81

(7)

Editor's Notes to Prolegomena, Preface and Preamble

85

(3)

First Part Of the Main Transcendental Question: How Is Pure Mathematics Possible? (§§6--13)

88

(13)

Note I

93

(1)

Note II

94

(2)

Note III

96

(3)

Editor's Notes to Prolegomena, First Part

99

(2)

Second Part Of the Main Transcendental Question: How Is Pure Natural Science Possible? (§§14--39)

101

(31)

How is Nature Itself Possible? (§36)

122

(4)

Appendix to Pure Natural Science Of the System of the Categories (§39)

126

(3)

Editor's Notes to Prolegomena, Second Part

129

(3)

Third Part Of the Main Transcendental Question: How Is Metaphysics in General Possible? (§§40--60)

132

(34)

Preliminary Remark to the Dialectic of Pure Reason (§45)

136

(1)

Psychological Ideas (§§46--49)

137

(4)

Cosmological Ideas (§§50--54)

141

(9)

Theological Idea (§55)

150

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General Note to the Transcendental Ideas (§56)

150

(2)

Conclusion Of the Determination of the Boundaries of Pure Reason (§§57--60)

152

(12)

Editor's Notes to Prolegomena, Third Part

164

(2)

Solution to the General Question of the Prolegomena: How Is Metaphysics as Science Possible?

166

(6)

Appendix Of What Can be Done to Make Metaphysics as Science Actual

172

(47)

Specimen of a Judgement on the Critique which Precedes Enquiry

173

(6)

Proposal for an Examination of the Critique on which a Judgement Can Follow

179

(3)

Editor's Notes to Prolegomena, Solution and Appendix

182

(5)

PART 3: SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS

The Gottingen Review of the Critique of Pure Reason

187

(5)

Editor's Notes to the Gottingen Review

192

(2)

The Garve Review of the Critique of Pure Reason

194

(18)

Editor's Notes to the Garve Review

212

(7)

PART 4: REFERENCE MATERIAL

Glossary

219

(5)

Bibliography

224

(11)

Chronology

235

(3)

Index of Names

238

(1)

Index of Terms

239

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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics with two early reviews of the Critique of Reason

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