A Companion to Kant (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

This Companion Provides An Authoritative Survey Of The Whole Range Of Kant's Work, Giving Readers An Idea Of Its Immense Scope, Its Extraordinary Achievement, And Its Continuing Ability To Generate Philosophical Interest. Written By An International Cast Of Scholars Covers All The Major Works Of The Critical Philosophy, As Well As The Pre-critical Works Subjects Covered Range From Mathematics And Philosophy Of Science, Through Epistemology And Metaphysics, To Moral And Political Philosophy.--publisher's Website. Kant's Life And Works / Graham Bird. -- Pt. I: Pre-critical Issues. Kant's Early Dynamics / Martin Schönfeld ; Kant's Early Cosmology / Martin Schönfeld ; Kant's Laboratory Of Ideas In The 1770s / Allison Laywine ; Kant's Debt To Leibniz / Predrag Cicovacki ; Kant's Debt To The British Empiricists / Wayne Waxman. -- Pt. Ii: Critique Of Pure Reason. Kant's Transcendental Idealism / Henry E. Allison ; Kant's Analytic Apparatus / Graham Bird ; Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic / Lorne Falkenstein ; Kant's Metaphysical And Transcendental Deductions / Derk Pereboom ; The Second Analogy / Arthur Melnick ; Kant's Refutation Of Problematic Idealism: Kantian Arguments And Kant's Arguments Against Skepticism / Wolfgang Carl ; The Logic Of Illusion And The Antinomies / Michelle Grier ; The Critique Of Rational Psychology / Udo Thiel ; Kant's Philosophy Of Mathematics / Gordon Brittan ; Metaphysical Foundations Of Natural Science / Michael Friedman. -- Pt. Iii: The Moral Philosophy: Pure And Applied. Introduction / Graham Bird ; The Primacy Of Practical Reason / Sebastian Gardner ; Kant's Critical Account Of Freedom / Andrews Reath ; Kant's Formulations Of The Moral Law / Allen W. Wood ; Deriving The Formula Of Universal Law / Samuel J. Kerstein ; Moral Motivation In Kant / Philip Stratton-lake ; Moral Paragons And The Metaphysics Of Morals / Marcia Baron ; Applying Kant's Ethics: The Role Of Anthropology / Robert B. Louden ; Liberty, Equality, And Independence: Core Concepts In Kant's Political Philosophy / Howard Williams ; Reason And Nature: Kant's Teleogical Argument In Perpetual Peace / Katrin Flikschuh. -- Pt. Iv: The Critique Of The Power Of Judgment. Introduction / Graham Bird ; The Demands Of Systematicity: Rational Judgment And The Structure Of Nature / Paul Abela ; Bridging The Gulf: Kant's Project In The Third Critique / Paul Guyer ; Kant's Aesthetic Theory / Anthony Savile ; Kant's Biological Teleology And Its Philosophical Significance / Hannah Ginsborg. -- Pt. V: Kant's Influence. Hegel's Critique Of Kant: An Overview / Sally Sedgwick ; The Neglected Alternative: Trendelenburg, Fischer, And Kant / Graham Bird ; Phenomenological Interpretations Of Kant In Husserl And Heidegger / Paul Gorner ; Conceptual Connections: Kant And The Twentieth-century Analytic Tradition / James O'shea. Edited By Graham Bird. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This Companion provides an authoritative survey of the whole range of Kant's work, giving readers an idea of its immense scope, its extraordinary achievement, and its continuing ability to generate philosophical interest.

• Written by an international cast of scholars
• Covers all the major works of the critical philosophy, as well as the pre-critical works
• Subjects covered range from mathematics and philosophy of science, through epistemology and metaphysics, to moral and political philosophy
  

Provides a survey of a range of Kant's work, giving readers an idea of its scope, its achievement, and its ability to generate philosophical interest. This book covers various aspects of Kant's philosophy and discusses many major works of the critical philosophy, as well as the pre-Critical works Immanuel Kant was born April 22, 1724, in Konigberg, East Prussia, a seaport located where the River Pregel flows into the Baltic Sea.