Kant's Theory of Knowledge: An Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason

by Justus Hartnack, M. Holmes Hartshorne

Overview

A reprint of the Macmillan edition of 1968.

While most interpretive studies of the Critique of Pure Reason are either too scholarly or too superficial to be of practical use to students, Hartnack has achieved a concise comprehensive analysis of the work in a lucid style that communicates the essence of extraordinarily complex arguments in the simplest possible way. An ideal companion to the First Critique, especially for those grappling with the work for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872205062
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Justus Hartnack is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, SUNY Brockport.

Table of Contents

1)	Introduction	3
2)	The Transcendental Aesthetic	17
3)	The Transcendental Analytic	31
	The Metaphysical Deduction	31
	The Transcendental Deduction	46
	The Schematism	59
	The System of All Principles of Pure Understanding	68
	Axioms of Intuition	68
	Anticipations of Perception	72
	The Analogies of Experience	74
	The First Analogy	75
	The Second Analogy	77
	The Third Analogy	79
	The Postulates of Empirical Thought	83
	The First Postulate	83
	The Second Postulate	85
	The Third Postulate	86
	Kant's Refutation of Idealism	87
	Phenomena and Noumena	89
	The Amphiboly of Concepts of Reflection	91
4)	The Transcendental Dialectic	97
	The Transcendental Illusion	97
	The Paralogisms of Pure Reason	103
	The First Paralogism	104
	The Second Paralogism	106
	The Third Paralogism	107
	The Fourth Paralogism	108
	The Antinomies of Pure Reason	112
	The First Antinomy	113
	The Second Antinomy	116
	The Third Antinomy	117
	The Fourth Antinomy	118
	The Solution of the First Antinomy	123
	The Solution of the Second Antinomy	124
	The Solution of the Third Antinomy	125
	The Solution of the Fourth Antinomy	129
	The Ideal of Pure Reason	130
	The Concept of God	130
	The Ontological Proof of God	133
	The Cosmological Proof	136
	The Physicotheological Proof	137
	The Regulative Use of the Ideas	139
5)	Conclusion	142

Editorial Reviews

Both an introduction to Kantian philosophy and an analysis of its contributions and influence, this slender volume sets out the basic principles of Kant's thought. Hartnack (no credentials noted) offers an explanation of Kantian philosophy beginning with and centering on the . He outlines the basic elements of this work, including such difficult concepts as the transcendental aesthetic, the transcendental analytic, and the transcendental dialectic, breaking each into their component parts and explaining those in turn. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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