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Kant : a guide for the perplexed / T.K. Seung.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seung, T. K., 1930-2022.
- Series:
- Guides for the perplexed
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
- Local Subjects:
- Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 198 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.
- Summary:
- Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material.
- Kant's works are important landmarks in the history of Western philosophy. But they are not easy reading, loaded as they are with opaque expositions and oracular repetitions, and it is easy for readers to become lost in the textual tangles of his writings. Kant: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal guide for those readers. It clearly sets forth his confusing arguments and complicated theories. The book begins by explaining Kant's basic terms and ends by resolving the most difficult controversies in Kant scholarship.
- Contents:
- 1 Theoretical reason (knowledge, experience, and science) 1
- The transcendental aesthetic (space and time) 9
- Transcendental idealism 20
- The categories 25
- The transcendental deduction 38
- The schematism 54
- A priori principles 61
- The transcendental dialectic 74
- 2 Practical reason (ethics, politics, and religion) 90
- Kant's ethical Platonism 93
- The categorical imperative 95
- Formal and substantive rationality 104
- The existence of the categorical imperative 107
- Rational autonomy and moral legislation 114
- The dialectic of practical reason 126
- Religion of practical reason 131
- The immanent ideas 135
- 3 Beyond theory and practice (aesthetics, teleology, and history) 144
- The analytic of the beautiful 147
- The analytic of the sublime 162
- The dialectic of aesthetic judgement 168
- Natural teleology 172
- Natural teleology in human history 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826485793
- 0826485790
- 0826485804
- 9780826485809
- OCLC:
- 78989354
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