Immanuel Kant

Otfried Hoffe is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tubingen. His books include Praktische Philosophie—Das Modell des Aristoteles; Strategien der Humanitat; Ethik und Politik; Sittlich-politische Diskurse; Politische Gerechtigkeit; "Den Staat braucht selbst ein Volk von Teufeln"; Kategorische Rechtsprinzipien; and Die Moral als Preis der Moderne.

"This book is an excellent introduction to Kant, with lots of details that make it of interest and value even to specialists. It is written to answer a real need in the current literature, and it succeeds admirably." — Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame"The book gives a very clear and complete overview of the essential elements of Kant's philosophy, as well as an account of his life and of his effects on future thought." — Thomas Pogge, Columbia University

• Translator's PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction Part I: Life and Philosophical Development 1. The Pre-Critical Period 2. The Critical Transcendental Philosophy Part II: What Can I Know?—The Critique of Pure Reason 3. The Project of a Transcendental Critique of Reason 4. The Transcendental Aesthetic 5. The Analytic of Concepts 6. The Analytic of Principles 7. The Transcendental Dialectic Part III: What Ought I Do?—Moral and Legal Philosophy 8. The Critique of Practical Reason 9. Political Philosophy Part IV: What May I Hope?—The Philosophy of History and Religion 10. History as the Progress of Law 11. The Religion of Practical Reason Part V: The Philosophical Aesthetics and the Philosophy of the Organic 12. The Critique of Judgment Part VI: Kant's Influence 13. Reception, Further Development, and Criticism of Kant's Ideas NotesChronologyBibliographyIndexes