Anthony Savile

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (eBook, PDF)

An Orientation to the Central Theme

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fresh orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents his central theme, the development of his Transcendental Idealism, as a ground-breaking response to perceived weaknesses in his predecessors' accounts of experiential knowledge.

• Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism.
• Offers new and original readings of the central arguments in both the Transcendental Aesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic.
• Appraises the success and failure of Kant's project in the Critique.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405141154
• Artikelnr.: 38280482

Autorenporträt

Anthony Savile is Professor of Philosophy at King's College, University of London and also teaches at Charles University, Prague. His previous books include The Test of Time (1982) and Leibniz's Monadology (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Historical Prelude.
Sensibility, Space and Time.
Experience and Judgment: The Metaphysical Deduction.
Understanding, Objectivity and Self-Consciousness: The Transcendental
Deduction.
The Principles of Pure Understanding.
Cognitive Rewards: The Refutation of Idealism, the Self and Others.
Appreciation.
A Caveat by way of Afterword.
Notes.
A Very Short Bibliography.
Index

Rezensionen

"Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is the watershed of modernphilosophy. Anthony Savile's approach to the central argument ofthis great work is as brilliant as it is concise. It makes Kanttruly accessible to the student and general reader while offeringmuch food for thought for the seasoned professional." Paul DGuyer, Professor of Philosophy & Florence R.C. MurrayProfessor, University of Pennsylvania

"Anthony Savile's account of the Aesthetic and Analytic,elegantly written with a light touch, is a valuable addition to theliterature on the Critique of Pure Reason. It provides a careful,sympathetic, and concise interpretation of transcendental idealismwhich students at all levels will find both instructive andenjoyable to read." Graham Bird, Manchester University