Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: With Selections from the Critique of Pure Reason (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) (Paperback)

by Immanuel Kant (Author), Gary Hatfield (Editor) "These prolegomena are not for the use of apprentices, but of future teachers, and indeed are not to help them to organize the presentation of..." (more)
Key Phrases: main transcendental question, metaphysical cognition, synthetic cognition, Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, David Hume (more...)

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'Hatfield's translation is new ... [He] handles very carefully central concepts of the Kantian text that are difficult to translate ... It can be highly recommended especially for university courses.' Konstantin Pollok, University of Marburg, Kant-Studien

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Kant is the central figure of modern philosophy. He sought to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, and he succeeded in permanently changing its problems and methods. This new translation of the Prolegomena, which is the best introduction to his philosophy, also includes selections from the Critique of Pure Reason, which fill out and explicate some of his central arguments. The volume is completed by a historical and philosophical introduction, explanatory notes, a chronology, and a guide to further reading.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 233 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 13, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521575427
• ISBN-13: 978-0521575423
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #819,042 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If the Critique scares the bejeezus out of you..., November 15, 2000

By	Wessels (Providence, RI USA) - See all my reviews

For the serious student of Philosophy this work should just serve as a bridge into the justifiably intimidating Critique of Pure Reason. That being said,

For those who are gunshy about the first critique, this book is an extremely good introduction to Kant's Metaphysics. It does not give the depth of full critique but gives you the general thrust of the direction that he is going in his Philosophical activity and introduces the concepts that were essential to the critique. (the transcendental ego of apperception, the antinomies of reason, etc.) In this smaller production Kant is much less intimidating. His style is still fairly circuitous, and he is virtually incapable of sussinctly summarizing himself, but take it for what you will.

also, I'm not sure what the guy beneath me is talking about. I'm really not. But it should be noted that Kant's variety of idealism should be called critical idealism rather than subjective idealism. The latter is misleading and fails to make the distinction between Kant's philosophy and that of Berkley or Descartes.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Critique of Pure Reason" ...refined and clarified!!, July 25, 2001

By	BT "Snowman" (USA) - See all my reviews

...Kant himself wrote this to clarify the excruciatingly convoluted paragraphs of the agonizing "Critique". This is Kant's groundbreaking Transcendental Idealism written in his own words as clearly and concisely as possible! to all you philosophy enthusiasts...ENJOY!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law., June 14, 1999

By	Eheieh Ain Soph ([e-mail]) (Cedar Lake, IN) - See all my reviews

The Antinomies are too complex and mysterious to the instrument of Reason: this is why one should be so enthusiastic to end It [i.e. the Reason] through Aleister Crowley's " Liber OS ABYSMI vel DAATH," which will cause a replacement of It with Ultimately Higher Faculties.

The Reason has been proved to be so droolingly absurd by Kant in his boring literary form. He needs an upgrade via activation of the Poetical Faculties -- I am not here speaking of the former paragraph's identity of expression. His style is so sublimely shown to be in an opposed functioning with most other philosophical books.

An excellent method to become a Subjective Idealist is propounded here in this treatise.