An Introduction To The Critical Philosophy: Intended For The Use Of Students - Softcover

William Henry Stanley Monck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461679019 ISBN 13: 9780461679014

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

"An Introduction To The Critical Philosophy: Intended For The Use Of Students" by William Henry Stanley Monck This book offers an accessible introduction to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, designed for students. Monck sketches Kant's aim: to examine the limits and conditions of pure reason and to show how knowledge arises from the cooperation of sensibility and understanding. He explains the analytic–synthetic distinction, the division between space and time as a priori forms of sensibility, and the role of the twelve Categories in the Transcendental Analytic, with its Schematism. The work surveys the Transcendental Aesthetic, Analytic, and Dialectic, touching on the Antinomies, the Postulates of Empirical Thought, and the regulative Ideas of Reason (the Soul, the World, and God). Although intended as a popularisation, the text engages with Kant’s methods and pitfalls, clarifying how appearances relate to things in themselves and why Kant argues that metaphysical knowledge must be critically examined. With such guidance, it remains a foundational guide for readers approaching Kant's Critical Philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461679019
• ISBN 13: 9780461679014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190