Andrew Ward

Kant (eBook, ePUB)

The Three Critiques

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Immanuel Kants three critiques the Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason and the Critique of Judgment are among the pinnacles of Western Philosophy. This accessible study grounds Kants philosophical position in the context of his intellectual influences, most notably against the background of the scepticism and empiricism of David Hume. It is an ideal critical introduction to Kants views in the key areas of knowledge and metaphysics; morality and freedom; and beauty and design.

By examining the Kantian system in the light of contemporary arguments, Ward brings the structure and force of Kants Copernican Revolution in Philosophy into sharp focus. Kant is often misrepresented as a somewhat dry thinker, yet the clarity of Wards exposition of his main themes, science, morality and aesthetics, through the three critiques brings his writings and theories to life. Lucidly and persuasively written, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars seeking to understand Kants immense influence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509551125
• Artikelnr.: 61925911

Autorenporträt

Andrew Ward is lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations and Conventions
Acknowledgments
Part I: Critique of Pure Reason
Section I: A general introduction to Kant's Copernican revolution in
Philosophy, and its relation to scientific knowledge and transcendent
metaphysics
Section II: The division of judgments, and the status of mathematics and
natural science
Section III: The Transcendental Aesthetic: the nature of space and time
Section IV: The Transcendental Analytic: how our experience - our knowledge
of objects in space and time - is made possible
Section V: The Transcendental Dialectic: why no theoretical knowledge in
transcendent metaphysics is possible
Part II: Critique of Practical Reason
Section I: The Analytic of Pure Practical Reason: reason not sentiment as
the foundation of morality, and how freedom of the will is proved Section
II: The Dialectic of Pure Practical Reason: how morality establishes the
existence of God and the immortality of the soul
Section III: The importance of Kant's Copernican revolution to his moral
philosophy
Part III: Critique of Judgment
Section I: The Analytic of Aesthetic Judgment: defending a third way
between an empiricist and a traditional rationalist theory of taste
Section II: The Dialectic of Aesthetic Judgment: why the judgment of taste
and our attitude to natural beauty require a Copernican revolution in
aesthetics
Section III: A Kantian or Human theory of taste?
Section IV: Teleology and the Principle of the Finality of Nature
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

"In this excellent introduction to all three of Kant's Critques',Andrew Ward's aim is to put idealism back in its rightful place inour understanding of Kant. His writing is forceful, engaging andadmirably clear, and his exegesis is, in my view, fundamentallycorrect."

-- Professor Adrian Moore, St Hugh's College,Oxford