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This Companion provides an authoritative survey of the whole range of Kant’s work, giving readers an idea of its immense scope, its extraordinary achievement, and its continuing ability to generate philosophical interest.

  • Written by an international cast of scholars
  • Covers all the major works of the critical philosophy, as well as the pre-critical works
  • Subjects covered range from mathematics and philosophy of science, through epistemology and metaphysics, to moral and political philosophy

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About the Author

Graham Bird is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. He has been a leading Kant scholar for nearly 40 years, and is the author of Kant’s Theory of Knowledge (1962), Philosophical Tasks (1972), and William James  (1986), and Revolutionary Kant: A Commentary on the Critique of Pure Reason  (2006). He is a past president of the Aristotelian Society and Chair of the UK Kant Society.

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This Companion provides an authoritative survey of the whole range of Kant’s work, giving readers an idea of its immense scope, its extraordinary achievement, and its continuing ability to generate philosophical interest. Written by an international cast of scholars, it covers all aspects of Kant’s philosophy and discusses all the major works of the critical philosophy, as well as the pre-Critical works.

The Companion comprises a series of concise guides to key topics in Kant’s philosophy. Some of the essays offer lucid explanations of Kant’s claims, while others take up his other contributions in issues such as history, philosophy, science, morality, aesthetics, and social-politics. This volume offers anyone with an interest in philosophy an indispensable collection of work on Kant.

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This Companion provides an authoritative survey of the whole range of Kant’s work, giving readers an idea of its immense scope, its extraordinary achievement, and its continuing ability to generate philosophical interest. Written by an international cast of scholars, it covers all aspects of Kant’s philosophy and discusses all the major works of the critical philosophy, as well as the pre-Critical works.

The Companion comprises a series of concise guides to key topics in Kant’s philosophy. Some of the essays offer lucid explanations of Kant’s claims, while others take up his other contributions in issues such as history, philosophy, science, morality, aesthetics, and social-politics. This volume offers anyone with an interest in philosophy an indispensable collection of work on Kant.

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9781405111973: A Companion to Kant (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

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ISBN 10:  1405111976 ISBN 13:  9781405111973
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006
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