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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason: An Orientation to the Central Theme

ISBN: 978-1-405-12040-1

April 2005

Wiley-Blackwell

156 pages

Description
This fresh orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents his central theme, the development of his Transcendental Idealism, as a ground-breaking response to perceived weaknesses in his predecessors' accounts of experiential knowledge.
  • Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism.
  • Offers new and original readings of the central arguments in both the Transcendental Aesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic.
  • Appraises the success and failure of Kant's project in the Critique.
About the Author
Anthony Savile is Professor of Philosophy at King's College, University of London and also teaches at Charles University, Prague. His previous books include The Test of Time (1982) and Leibniz's Monadology (2000).
Features

  • A critical orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
  • Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism.
  • Presents Kant's views in the Critique as a response to perceived weakness in his predecessors' theories.
  • Offers new and original readings of the central arguments in both the Transcendental Aesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic.
  • Appraises the success and failure of Kant's project in the Critique.