Andrew Ward

Kant

The Three Critiques

• Gebundenes Buch

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780745626192
• ISBN-10: 074562619X
• Artikelnr.: 21864198

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 Copernicanrevolution in Philosophy, and its relation to scientific knowledgeand transcendent metaphysics

* Section II: The division of judgments, and the status ofmathematics and natural science

* Section III: The Transcendental Aesthetic: the nature of spaceand time

* Section IV: The Transcendental Analytic: how our experience- our knowledge of objects in space and time - is madepossible

* Section V: The Transcendental Dialectic: why no theoreticalknowledge in transcendent metaphysics is possible

* * Part II: Critique of Practical Reason

* Section I: The Analytic of Pure Practical Reason: reason notsentiment as the foundation of morality, and how freedom of thewill is proved Section II: The Dialectic of Pure Practical Reason:how morality establishes the existence of God and the immortalityof the soul

* Section III: The importance of Kant's Copernicanrevolution to his moral philosophy

* Part III: Critique of Judgment

* Section I: The Analytic of Aesthetic Judgment: defending athird way between an empiricist and a traditional rationalisttheory of taste

* Section II: The Dialectic of Aesthetic Judgment: why thejudgment of taste and our attitude to natural beauty require aCopernican revolution in aesthetics

* Section III: A Kantian or Human theory of taste?

* Section IV: Teleology and the Principle of the Finality ofNature

* 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