Starting With Kant

by Ward, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781847061843
• ISBN10: 1847061842
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-06
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Immanuel Kant is undoubtedly one of the most important thinkers in the history ofphilosophy. He is also notoriously difficult for beginners to understand. Starting with Kantoffers a genuinely accessible introduction to the metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and moralphilosophy of this hugely influential figure. It assumes no prior acquaintance with his ideas. Thematically structured, the book opens with a completely non-technical overview of thedevelopment of Kant's mature thought, resulting in a wide-ranging understanding of his famous and ground breaking 'Copernican revolution in metaphysics'. Thebook evaluates the basic framework of his metaphysical outlook, and sets out its implications for his theory of knowledge and moral philosophy. Kant'sposition in these fields is related to other philosophers of his period so that a number of his seminal ideas can be clearly understood through an appreciationof their opposing views. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of his hugely important thinker for the first time.

Table of Contents

Preface \ Abbreviations and Conventions \ Chronology \ General Introduction: Kant's Copernican \ Part I: The Revolution in Metaphysics Critique of Pure Reason \ 1.The Transcendental Aesthetic: Space, Time, and Mathematics \ 2.The Transcendental Analytic: Our Experience of Nature \ 3. The Transcendental Dialectic: The Limits of Pure \ Part II: The Revolution in Ethics Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason \ 4. The Moral Law and Categorical \ 5. Can Reason Motivate the Will? \ 6. The Highest Good and why it requires the Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul as well as Freedom of the Will \ Bibliography \ Index