Accessing Kant : A Relaxed Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason

Rosenberg, Jay F.

ISBN 10: 0199275815 / ISBN 13: 9780199275816

Published by Oxford University Press, 2005

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Pbk, 312 p. Some scuffing to edge of covers o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Contents : Introduction: Two ways to encounter Kant -- Ch. 1. Intelligibility: from direct Platonism to concept empiricism -- Ch. 2. Epistemic legitimacy: experiential unity, first principles and strategy K -- Ch. 3. The world from a point of view: space and time -- Ch. 4. Concepts and categories: transcendental logic and the metaphysical deduction -- Ch. 5. Perceptual synthesis: from sensations to objects -- Ch. 6. Schemata and principles: from pure concepts to objective judgments -- Ch. 7. Synchronic manifolds: the axioms and anticipations -- Ch. 8. Diachronic manifolds: the analogies of experience -- Ch. 9. Duration and persistence: substance in the analogies -- Ch. 10. Succession and simultaneity: causation in the analogies -- Ch. 11. The world as actual: the postulates and the refutation of idealism -- Ch. 12. The thinking self as an idea of reason: the paralogisms -- Ch. 13. Reason in conflict with itself: a brief look at the antinomies -- Epilogue: The rest of the first critique -- Bibliography: Works cited and suggestions for further reading -- Index. [Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804. Kritik der reinen Vernunft. English] h1878 / m15222.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Accessing Kant : A Relaxed Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199275815
• ISBN 13: 9780199275816
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Jay Rosenberg introduces Immanuel Kant's masterwork, the Critique of Pure Reason, from a "relaxed" problem-oriented perspective which treats Kant as an especially insightful practicing philosopher, from whom we still have much to learn, intelligently and creatively responding to significant questions that transcend his work's historical setting. Rosenberg's main project is to command a clear view of how Kant understands various perennial problems, how he attempts to resolve them, and to what extent he succeeds. At the same time the book is an introduction to the challenges of reading the text of Kant's work and, to that end, selectively adopts a more rigorous historical and exegetical stance. Accessing Kant will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and for any scholar seeking Rosenberg's own distinctive insights into Kant's work.

About the Author

Jay F. Rosenberg is at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.