Kant

This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Immanuel Kant.

Offers an excellent introduction to the broad range of Kant s philosophical thought.

Provides an exposition of Kant s major philosophical works, including the Critique of Pure Reason.

Informationen zum Autor Allen W. Wood is Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor at Stanford University. He is the author of seven books, including Hegel's Ethical Thought (1990), Kant's Ethical Thought (1999), Unsettling Obligations (2002) and Karl Marx (second edition, 2004). He is co-editor, with Paul Guyer, of the Critique of Pure Reason (1999). Klappentext This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Immanuel Kant. The book provides expositions of Kant's key works, especially his Critique of Pure Reason, and represents the broad range of his philosophical thought, including his contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of history, moral philosophy, aesthetics, politics and philosophy of religion. The first volume in the Blackwell Great Minds series, Allen W. Wood's Kant offers students, scholars and interested readers new insights into one of history's most important and influential philosophers. Zusammenfassung Presents a survey of the life and work of Immanuel Kant. This work offers an introduction to the range of Kant's philosophical thought; provides an exposition of Kant's major philosophical works! including the "Critique of Pure Reason"; and! covers topics including Kant's theory of empirical cognition and his doctrine of transcendental idealism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Abbreviations. 1. Life and Works. 2. Synthetic A Priori Cognition. 3. The Principles of Possible Experience. 4. The Limits of Cognition and the Ideas of Reason. 5. The Transcendental Dialectic. 6. Philosophy of History. 7. Ethical Theory. 8. Theory of Taste. 9. Politics and Religion. Index.

Auteur

Allen W. Wood is Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor at Stanford University. He is the author of seven books, including Hegel's Ethical Thought (1990), Kant's Ethical Thought (1999), Unsettling Obligations (2002) and Karl Marx (second edition, 2004). He is co-editor, with Paul Guyer, of the Critique of Pure Reason (1999).

Résumé
Presents a survey of the life and work of Immanuel Kant. This work offers an introduction to the range of Kant's philosophical thought; provides an exposition of Kant's major philosophical works, including the "Critique of Pure Reason"; and, covers topics including Kant's theory of empirical cognition and his doctrine of transcendental idealism.

Contenu

Preface. Abbreviations.

1. Life and Works.

2. Synthetic A Priori Cognition.

3. The Principles of Possible Experience.

4. The Limits of Cognition and the Ideas of Reason.

5. The Transcendental Dialectic.

6. Philosophy of History.

7. Ethical Theory.

8. Theory of Taste.

9. Politics and Religion.

Index.