Kant: A Very Short Introduction

by Scruton, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780192801999
• ISBN10: 0192801996
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.

Author Biography

Roger Scruton is a well-known philosopher and the author of The Aesthetics of Music and a co-author of German Philosophers: Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xii
Abbreviations	p. xiv
Life, Works, and Character	p. 1
The Background of Kant's Thought	p. 16
The Transcendental Deduction	p. 32
The Logic of Illusion	p. 54
The Categorical Imperative	p. 73
Beauty and Design	p. 96
Enlightenment and Law	p. 112
Transcendental Philosophy	p. 129
Further Reading	p. 133
Index	p. 137
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