Beatrice Longuenesse (New York University)

Kant on the Human Standpoint

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays considers the three aspects of Kant's philosophy - his epistemology and metaphysics of nature, his moral philosophy and his aesthetic theory, under one unifying standpoint: Kant's conception of our capacity to form judgements. It will appeal to all who are interested in Kant and his thought.

Produktdetails

• Modern European Philosophy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521112185
• ISBN-10: 0521112184
• Artikelnr.: 26033781

Autorenporträt

Béatrice Longuenesse is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. Her numerous publications include Kant and the Capacity to Judge (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Discussions: 1. Kant's categories and capacity to judge
2. Synthetics, logical forms, and the objects of our ordinary experience
3. Synthetics and givenness
Part II. The Human Standpoint in Kant's Transcendental Analytic: 4. Kant on a priori concepts: the metaphysical deduction of the categories
5. Kant's deconstruction of the principle of sufficient reason
6. Kant on causality: what was he trying to prove?
7. Kant's standpoint on the whole: disjunctive judgement, community, and the Third Analogy of Experience
Part III. The Human Standpoint in the Critical System: 8. The transcendental ideal, and the unity of the critical system
9. Moral judgement as a judgement of reason
10. Kant's leading thread in the analytic of the beautiful.