Kant's Critique of Pure Reason a Commentary for Students (Paperback)

by T. E. Wilkerson (Author)

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"Designed as a commentary for students the book exceeds this modest ambition as it contains much ingenious argument which will be of interest to the most competent of those who plunder or are puzzled by the Kantian text . . . enormous clarity of expression." -- M. J. Scott-Taggart, THES

"The fist edition was a godsend to me as a student. I recommend this new edition to anyone trying to make sense of Kant's First Critique. It is wonderfully clear without disguising the genuine difficulties of the text." -- Nigel Warburton

"[N]icely geared to the student's needs." -- Eva Schaper, TLS --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This is quite simply the best book available on this subject. Beautifully written, clear and to-the-point, it is an in-depth examination of the main arguments of Kant's First Critique. The perfect text for philosophy undergraduates, it is the only book to give a clear and manageable route through the this central work. First published in 1976, this is a new and revised edition, which has a better layout, is easier to reads, and is fully indexed. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (June 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198245491
• ISBN-13: 978-0198245490
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,301,409 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars More than for beginners, July 14, 2002

By	Suckwoo Lee "cura_lee" (Seoul, Seoul South Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kant's Critique Of Pure Reason (Key Texts : Classic Studies in the History of Ideas) (Paperback)

This book is a commentary on Kant¡¯s ¡®Critique of Pure Reason¡¯, supposed to be read by beginners. But it could be read on its own for it doesn¡¯t rely on Kant¡¯s reasoning to be a coherent text. This book presents the reader not only the nub of Kant¡¯s book, but the validity of Kant¡¯s reasoning with author¡¯s attesting. Kant¡¯s thought is presented not to be memorized but to be testified. As Kant did in his three ¡®Critiques¡¯ including ¡®Critique of Pure Reason¡¯, Kant¡¯s own argument should be questioned or, in Kant¡¯s word, criticized, ¡®How is it possible?¡¯ For example, as much as possible, the author refrains from using Kant¡¯s terminology on its own. Terminology itself should be introduced and used with sufficient grounding. When there has been enough grounding, the author begin to use Kant¡¯s terminology. Grounding terminology means founding Kant¡¯s argument. Terminology is no more than culmination of the argument. Terminology is no more than the summary of argument.
To criticize Kant¡¯s argument, the author summarizes Kant¡¯s argument into a few simple points, and tackles them with delicate analyses in the word and examples we are more familiar than Kant¡¯s. with following through the process, we could catch the intrinsic meaning of Kant¡¯s arguments which we think we already know enough, but in fact doesn¡¯t understand. Moreover, if Kant¡¯s argument doesn¡¯t seem plausible, the author not only attacks the weakness of it, but reconstructs it to be acceptable. In so doing, though Kant has been dissected and denounced by innumerable commentators, the author shows that Kant is still the admirable and worth reading philosopher.