Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: with two early reviews of the Critique of Reason (Oxford Philosophical Texts) [Paperback]

Immanuel Kant (Author), Gï¿1/2nter Zï¿1/2ller (Editor)

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Publication Date: February 26, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0198751516 | ISBN-13: 978-0198751519

This accessible and practical edition of Kant's best introduction to his own work is designed especially for students. Assuming no prior knowledge of the Prolegomena, esteemed scholar G�nter Z�ller provides an extensive introduction that covers Kant's life, the origin and reception of the Prolegomena, the organization of the work, its principal arguments, and its philosophical significance. Detailed notes, a chronology, a glossary, an annotated bibliography, and two reviews of the Critique of Pure Reason--which establishes the specific intellectual background of the Prolegomena--are also included.

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About the Author

G�nter Z�ller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Munich and member of the Fichte Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He served as Vice President of the North American Kant Society between 1988 and 1994.

He has written extensively on Kant and has also has worked as an editor and translator of classical German philosophy. Books published previously include Objective Reference in Kant (1984) and Schopenhauer's Prize Essay on the Freedom of the Will (1999).

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198751516
• ISBN-13: 978-0198751519
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was one of the most influential philosophers of all time. His comprehensive and profound thinking on aesthetics, ethics, and knowledge has had an immense impact on all subsequent philosophy.