This thoughtful abridgment makes an ideal introduction to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason . Key selections include: the Preface in B, the Introduction, the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Second Analogy, the Refutation of Idealism, the first three Antinomies, the Transcendental Deduction in B, and the Canon of Pure Reason. A brief introduction provides biographical information, descriptions of the nature of Kant's project and of how each major section of the Critique contributes to that project. A select bibliography and index are also included.
Werner S. Pluhar is Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette. Eric Watkins is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego.
Title: Critique of Pure Reason
Author: Kant, Immanuel
ISBN: 9780872204485
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Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Publication Date: 1999-03-01
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.2949 kg
Eric Watkins has done a fine job of abridging the Critique to a manageable size while preserving those sections most often assigned in a survey course, including enough of the Analytic to provide a continuous argument. Students will get a good sense of the whole from the parts he includes. I recommend it enthusiastically. --Kenneth R. Winkler, Wellesley College