Kant''s Prolegomena - A Critical Guide

Explores the distinctive features of the Prolegomena, and casts Kant's critical philosophy in a new light.

List of contents

Introduction Peter Thielke; 1. Humor, Common Sense and the Future of Metaphysics in the Prolegomena Melissa Merritt; 2. Is metaphysics possible? The argumentative structure of the Prolegomena Eric Watkins; 3. From 'Facts' of Rational Cognition to Their Condition: Metaphysics and the Analytic Method Clinton Tolley; 4. Transcendental idealism in the Prolegomena Lucy Allais; 5. Judgments of Experience and the Grammar of Thought Peter Thielke; 6. The Beach of Skepticism: Kant and Hume on the Practice of Philosophy and the Proper Bounds of Skepticism Karl Schafer; 7. The Boundary of Pure Reason John Callanan; 8. Kant's Argument Against Psychological Materialism in the Prolegomena Katharina Kraus; 9. The Marriage of Metaphysics and Geometry in Kant's Prolegomena James Messina; 10. Kant's 'as if' and Hume's 'remote analogy': deism and theism in Prolegomena §§57 and 58 Tim Jankowiak; 11. Cognition by Analogy and the Possibility of Metaphysics Samantha Matherne.

About the author

Peter Thielke is Robert C. Denison Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College. He has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on Kant, Hume and Maimon.

Summary

The essays in this volume explore the distinctive features of the Prolegomena, including Kant's discussion of philosophical methodology, his critical idealism, the nature of experience, his engagement with Hume, the nature of the self, the relation between geometry and physics, and what we can cognize about God.

Foreword

Explores the distinctive features of the Prolegomena, and casts Kant's critical philosophy in a new light.

Product details

• Authors: Peter (Pomona College Thielke
• Assisted by: Peter Thielke (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781108733861
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73386-1
• No. of pages: 263
• Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge