Starting with Kant
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 2012
192 pages
978-1-4411-8419-1 (ISBN)
Description
Immanuel
Kant is undoubtedly one of the most important thinkers in the history of
philosophy. He is also notoriously difficult for beginners to understand. Starting with Kant offers a genuinely
accessible introduction to the metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and moral
philosophy 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 the
development of Kant's mature thought, resulting in a wide-ranging understanding
of his famous and ground breaking 'Copernican revolution in metaphysics'. The
book evaluates the basic framework of his metaphysical outlook, and sets out
its implications for his theory of knowledge and moral philosophy. Kant's
position 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 appreciation
of their opposing views. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to
the work of his hugely important thinker for the first time.
Kant is undoubtedly one of the most important thinkers in the history of
philosophy. He is also notoriously difficult for beginners to understand. Starting with Kant offers a genuinely
accessible introduction to the metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and moral
philosophy 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 the
development of Kant's mature thought, resulting in a wide-ranging understanding
of his famous and ground breaking 'Copernican revolution in metaphysics'. The
book evaluates the basic framework of his metaphysical outlook, and sets out
its implications for his theory of knowledge and moral philosophy. Kant's
position 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 appreciation
of their opposing views. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to
the work of his hugely important thinker for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
'Ward is refreshingly sympathetic to Kant's philosophy, and he defends it against a range of criticisms. He expounds Kant's metaphysics and ethics with admirable clarity, and since he closely follows Kant's own order of exposition in the first two Critiques, readers can easily use this book as a guide to their own reading of the texts. Throughout, Ward rightly stresses that Kant's ethics can be understood only in the context of his metaphysics, and thus presents his philosophy as an organic whole.'More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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978-1-4411-8419-1 (9781441184191)
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Content
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
