Accessing Kant: A relaxed introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason
Jay F. Rosenberg
This book introduces Immanuel Kant's masterwork, the Critique of Pure Reason, from a 'relaxed' problem-oriented perspective which treats Kant as an especially insightful practising philosopher, from whom we still have much to learn, intelligently and creatively responding to significant questions that transcend his work's historical setting. The book's main project is to command a clear view of how Kant understands various perennial problems, how he attempts to resolve them, and to what extent he succeeds. The constructive portions of the First Critique—the Aesthetic and Analytic—are explored ... More
This book introduces Immanuel Kant's masterwork, the Critique of Pure Reason, from a 'relaxed' problem-oriented perspective which treats Kant as an especially insightful practising philosopher, from whom we still have much to learn, intelligently and creatively responding to significant questions that transcend his work's historical setting. The book's main project is to command a clear view of how Kant understands various perennial problems, how he attempts to resolve them, and to what extent he succeeds. The constructive portions of the First Critique—the Aesthetic and Analytic—are explored in detail; the Paralogisms and Antinomies more briefly. At the same time the book is an introduction to the challenges of reading the text of Kant's work and, to that end, selectively adopts a more rigorous historical and exegetical stance.
Keywords: Immanuel Kant, First Critique, Aesthetic, Analytic, Paralogisms, Antinomies
Jay F. Rosenberg, author
Metaphysics/Epistemology
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Introduction: Two Ways to Encounter Kant
1 Intelligibility: From Direct Platonism to Concept Empiricism
2 Epistemic Legitimacy: Experiential Unity, First Principles, and Strategy K
3 The World from a Point of View: Space and Time
4 Concepts and Categories: Transcendental Logic and the Metaphysical Deduction
5 Perceptual Synthesis: From Sensations to Objects
6 Schemata and Principles: From Pure Concepts to Objective Judgments
7 Synchronic Manifolds: The Axioms and Anticipations
8 Diachronic Manifolds: The Analogies of Experience
9 Duration and Persistence: Substance in the Analogies
10 Succession and Simultaneity: Causation in the Analogies
11 The World as Actual: The Postulates and the Refutation of Idealism
12 The Thinking Self as an Idea of Reason: The Paralogisms
13 Reason in Conflict with Itself: A Brief Look at the Antinomies
Epilogue: The Rest of the First Critique
Bibliography: Works Cited and Suggestions for Further Reading