Kant's critique of pure reason : aniIntroduction / James R. O'Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Shea, James R.

Series:

This way up.

This way up

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Reason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason (1781) remains a landmark work of philosophy and one that most students will encounter at some point in their studies. At nearly seven hundred pages of detailed and complex argument it is a demanding and intimidating read. James O’Shea’s introduction to the Critique seeks to make it less so. Aimed primarily at students coming to the book for the first time, it provides step by step analysis in clear, unambiguous prose. The conceptual problems Kant sought to resolve are outlined and his conclusions concerning the nature of human knowledge and the possibility of metaphysics, and the arguments for those conclusions, are explored. Key concepts are explained throughout and the reader is provided with an unrivalled route map through the many and varied parts of the text. In addition, O’Shea’s careful and insightful analysis offers much for more seasoned readers of Kant and his interpretation provides a significant contribution to recent work

Contents:

Introduction

Metaphysics and the fiery test of critique

Waking from dogmatic slumbers: hume and the antinomies

Space and time as forms of human sensibility

The categories of understanding and the thinking self

One lawful nature

Conclusion: pure reason's role in Kant's metaphysics of nature.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-73009-X

1-317-54789-6

1-317-54788-8

1-84465-280-7

9781315730097

OCLC:

908513166