Kant and the Spirit of Critique (The Collected Writings of John Sallis)

This volume of the Collected Writings of John Sallis presents his lecture courses on Kant. Each course was devoted respectively to one of Kant's three Critiques, and so the book as a whole treats the entirety of the Kantian critical project. Sallis displays here, as he does in all his lecture courses, an uncanny ability to open up dense philosophical texts. The matters Kant deals with—in theoretical, practical, and aesthetic philosophy—are difficult in themselves, and Kant's writings might at times seem so convoluted as to magnify the difficulty. Sallis patiently and successfully lays out the issues and the critical approach to them, such that the reader is led step by step into the very core of Kant's spirit of critique. This volume makes Kant accessible to students, while the most advanced scholars will also profit from it. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Key to the Citations of Kant’s Works Part One. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason I. Hermeneutical Preface to Reading Kant II. Introduction to the Course III. The Transcendental Aesthetic Space A. Metaphysical Exposition of Space B. Transcendental Exposition of the Concept of Space C. Conclusions as Regards Space Time A. The Expositions of Time B. The “General Observations” of §8 IV. The Transcendental Analytic A. Introduction: The Idea of Transcendental Logic B. Book I: Analytic of Concepts. Chapter I: Pure Concepts C. Book I: Analytic of Concepts. Chapter II: The Transcendental Deduction D. Book II: Analytic of Principles. Chapter I: Schematism E. Book II: Analytic of Principles. Chapter II: Principles F. Conclusion of the Analytic and Glance Ahead to the Dialectic V. Conclusion to the Course Part Two. Kant’s Practical Philosophy I. The Problem of Practical Philosophy II. The Preface of the Critique of Practical Reason III. Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals IV. Critique of Practical Reason A. The Introduction of the Critique of Practical Reason B. Chapter I of the Analytic of the Critique of Practical Reason: Principles of Pure Practical Reason C. Chapter II of the Analytic of the Critique of Practical Reason: The Concept of an Object of Pure Practical Reason D. Chapter III of the Analytic of the Critique of Pure Reason: The Incentives of Pure Practical Reason E. The Dialectic of Pure Practical Reason V. Conclusion to the Course Part Three. Kant, Critique of Judgment I. Introduction II. Judgment III. Aesthetic Judgment IV. Analytic of the Beautiful V. Analytic of the Sublime VI. Interest in the Beautiful VII. Art VIII. Conclusion to the Course Part Four. The Truth of Beauty I. Introduction II. Truth III. Aesthetic Judgment IV. The Turn in the Analysis of Aesthetic Judgment V. Couplings VI. Conclusion to the Course Editor’s Afterword Index About the Author "This volume of the collected writings of John Sallis presents his lecture courses on Immanuel Kant. Each course takes up one of Kant's three Critiques, and thus the text as a whole treats the entirety of the Kantian critical project. Sallis displays here, as he does in all of his lecture courses, an uncanny ability to open up dense philosophical texts. Sallis patiently and successfully lays out the issues-theoretical, practical, aesthetic, and philosophical-and his critical approach to them. For students and seasoned scholars who require a step-by-step interpretation of Kant, these texts by Sallis are attuned to the spirit, structure, and principle of these foundational works."-- Provided by publisher "This volume of John Sallis's Collected writings presents his lecture course on Kant. The first three parts of the volume correspond respectively to courses on the Critique of pure reason, on Kant's practical philosophy (Foundations of the metaphysics of morals and Critique of practical reason), and on the Critique of judgment. Part four again takes up the Critique of judgment but this time with a focus on a particular theme, namely, the connection between truth and beauty."-- Editor's afterword, page 273