Roger Scruton (, formerly Lecturer in philosophy 1971-79, Reader 19

Kant: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work, and showing why the Critique of Pure of Reason has proved so enduring.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 143g
• ISBN-13: 9780192801999
• ISBN-10: 0192801996
• Artikelnr.: 14606130

Autorenporträt

Roger Scruton's publications include Spinoza in the Past Masters series, Art And Imagination, (1974), The Aesthetics of Architecture (1979), The Aesthetic Understanding (1983), An Intelligent Persons Guide To Philosophy (1996), and The Aesthetics Of Music (1997).

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Life, works and character
2.: The background of Kant's thougt
3.: The transcendental deduction
4.: The logic of illusion
5.: The categorical imperative
6: Beauty and design
7.: Transcendental philosophy
Further reading, Index

Rezensionen

Review from previous edition Roger Scruton faced perhaps the most intractable task of all in giving an elementary account of Kant's philosophy ... but he does it extremely elegantly and neatly. Listener