Starting with Kant

AvAndrew Ward

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ImmanuelKant is undoubtedly one of the most important thinkers in the history ofphilosophy. He is also notoriously difficult for beginners to understand. Starting with Kant offers a genuinelyaccessible introduction to the metaphysics, theory of knowledge, and moralphilosophy of this hugely influential figure. It assumes no prior acquaintancewith his ideas.Thematicallystructured, the book opens with a completely non-technical overview of thedevelopment of Kant's mature thought, resulting in a wide-ranging understandingof his famous and ground breaking 'Copernican revolution in metaphysics'. Thebook evaluates the basic framework of his metaphysical outlook, and sets outits implications for his theory of knowledge and moral philosophy. Kant'sposition in these fields is related to other philosophers of his period so thata number of his seminal ideas can be clearly understood through an appreciationof their opposing views. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming tothe work of his hugely important thinker for the first time.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-06-28
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781441184191
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
Serie:Starting with…

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Andrew Ward is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York, UK.

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'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.'

Innehållsförteckning

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