The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

The philosophy of Immanuel Kant is the watershed of modern thought, which irrevocably changed the landscape of the field and prepared the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume, which complements The Cambridge Companion to Kant, covers every aspect of Kant's philosophy, with a particular focus on his moral and political philosophy. It also provides detailed coverage of Kant's historical context and of the enormous impact and influence that his work has had on the subsequent history of philosophy. The bibliography also offers extensive and organized coverage of both classical and recent books on Kant. This volume thus provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and his place in modern philosophy, making accessible the philosophical enterprise of Kant to those coming to his work for the first time. foreword......Page 8 contributors......Page 10 method of citation......Page 14 Introduction......Page 18 1 “A Priori”......Page 45 2 Kant on the perceptionof space (and time)......Page 78 3 Kant’s philosophyof mathematics......Page 111 4 Kant on a priori concepts......Page 146 5 Kant’s philosophy of thecognitive mind......Page 186 6 Kant’s proofs of substanceand causation......Page 220 7 Kant and transcendentalarguments......Page 255 8 The critique of metaphysics......Page 286 9 Philosophy of natural science......Page 320 10 The supreme principleof morality......Page 359 11 Kant on freedom of the will......Page 398 12 Mine and thine? The Kantianstate......Page 433 13 Kant on sex and marriage right......Page 464 14 Kant’s theory of peace......Page 494 15 Kant’s conception of virtue......Page 522 16 Kant’s ambitions inthe third Critique......Page 555 17 Moral faith and the highest good......Page 605 18 Kant’s critical philosophy andits reception – the first fiveyears (1781–1786)......Page 647 bibliography......Page 682 index......Page 726

This volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction to Kant currently available.

Library Journal

After an excellent introduction by the editor, this volume consists of 14 essays by an international panel of Kant scholars, each dealing with a different element of Kant's thought and ranging over the entire body of his work. The essays are uniformly clear and well written, though some prior experience with Kant is necessary in order for them to be fully appreciated. The publisher is to be commended for the series, which will include studies of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, Hobbes, Nietzsche, Leibniz, and Spinoza. Recommended for all libraries supporting undergraduate programs in philosophy.-- Terry Skeats, Bishop's Univ ., Lennoxville, Quebec

Covering every aspect of Kant's philosophy, with a particular focus on his moral and political philosophy, this work presents an in-depth look at the enormous impact and influence that his work has had on the subsequent history of philosophy