Lawler, James.

The Intelligible World : Metaphysical Revolution in the Genesis of Kant's Theory of Morality. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (484 pages)

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED.

Understanding Kant’s "pre-critical" philosophy is central to appreciating his three critiques. Overshadowed by the critiques, the early work stands on its own as a central contribution to the development of the philosophy of its time. In addition, it not only prepares the way for the critiques, but constitutes a hidden background without which they cannot be adequately understood. Here we find Kant’s great cosmology, which is what Kant later regarded as the "thing-in-itself," persisting behin.

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Kant, Immanuel, -- 1724-1804.
Cosmology -- History -- 18th century.
Philosophy of nature -- History -- 18th century.


Electronic books.

B2799.C8 -- W54 2013eb

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