Kant's critique of pure reason /
James R. O'Shea.
- New York: Routledge, 2014.
- xii, 236 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Four reasons for engaging with Kant's first Critique The full critical programme. Innovation and tradition ; Objectivity through subjectivity ; A philosophical theory of science ; First assessment : Kant's programme Only human beings pursue mathematics. A philosophy of intuition ; A transcendental geometry ; Second assessment : sensibility and world A transcendental grammar. Categories ; The problem of justification ; The incomplete deduction ; Third assessment : understanding and world Transcendental laws of nature. Mathematisation ; physicalisation ; Fourth assessment : understanding and world (2) A post-metaphysical metaphysics. Constructive deconstruction ; A critical philosophy of mind ; Cosmological contradictions ; Transcendental theology ; Fifth assessment : reason and world Epistemic universalism. From theoretical to practical reason ; System and history ; The Kantian metaphors ; Conclusion and prospect
Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" is so outstanding among modern philosophical works, that it can be termed "the" foundation of modern philosophy.
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Causation. Knowledge, Theory of. Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.