Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Autor Immanuel Kant Editat de Robert M. Martinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2026
This edition of the Prolegomena is uniquely suited to readers approaching Kant for the first time. It includes a modernized translation along with copious interspersed notes designed to aid understanding of what Kant is saying. These explanatory notes, prompts, and explanations offer a gentle guiding hand, clarifying the book’s concepts and resolving common misunderstandings without forcing any one interpretation of the text. Reflective questions are also provided to encourage critical evaluation of Kant’s arguments.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781554817054
ISBN-10: 1554817056
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada
ISBN-10: 1554817056
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada
Recenzii
The Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics serves dual purposes. It is an ideal entry point to Immanuel Kant’s broader thought and to his longer, more complex works. And it is also in itself an impressive and argumentatively powerful study of the methods and limits of metaphysics. Kant boldly declares to any reader aiming to construct a system of metaphysics: “You must satisfy the demands I make here, either by adopting my solution, or by thoroughly refuting it, and substituting another. To evade it is impossible.”
This edition of the Prolegomena is uniquely suited to readers approaching Kant for the first time. It includes a modernized translation along with copious interspersed notes designed to aid understanding of what Kant is saying. These explanatory notes, prompts, and explanations offer a gentle guiding hand, clarifying the book’s concepts and resolving common misunderstandings without forcing any one interpretation of the text. Reflective questions are also provided to encourage critical evaluation of Kant’s arguments.
“This is a great new edition of one of Kant’s most important works! It ushers the Prolegomena into the twenty-first century in ways that will appeal to students and scholars alike. The in-text editorial commentary and expanded footnotes clarify and illuminate the text’s key concepts and arguments. The revised prose greatly enhances the reader’s understanding, making Kant’s thought all the more accessible and intelligible. Martin has gifted us with an invaluable teaching tool.” — Michael P. Berman, Brock University
“This edition will serve admirably as an accessible teaching text for students new to Kant’s writing. Helpful editorial insertions in the text serve to clarify key terms, elucidate arguments, and provide background about previous philosophers Kant is responding to. The ‘Questions for Consideration’ placed at the ends of sections invite students in to philosophize more and more deeply about what they are reading. The Prolegomena is a text that can challenge even the most earnest philosophy student, and this edition welcomes them in a friendly and good-humored way without over-simplifying.” — Jane Dryden, Mount Allison University
This edition of the Prolegomena is uniquely suited to readers approaching Kant for the first time. It includes a modernized translation along with copious interspersed notes designed to aid understanding of what Kant is saying. These explanatory notes, prompts, and explanations offer a gentle guiding hand, clarifying the book’s concepts and resolving common misunderstandings without forcing any one interpretation of the text. Reflective questions are also provided to encourage critical evaluation of Kant’s arguments.
“This is a great new edition of one of Kant’s most important works! It ushers the Prolegomena into the twenty-first century in ways that will appeal to students and scholars alike. The in-text editorial commentary and expanded footnotes clarify and illuminate the text’s key concepts and arguments. The revised prose greatly enhances the reader’s understanding, making Kant’s thought all the more accessible and intelligible. Martin has gifted us with an invaluable teaching tool.” — Michael P. Berman, Brock University
“This edition will serve admirably as an accessible teaching text for students new to Kant’s writing. Helpful editorial insertions in the text serve to clarify key terms, elucidate arguments, and provide background about previous philosophers Kant is responding to. The ‘Questions for Consideration’ placed at the ends of sections invite students in to philosophize more and more deeply about what they are reading. The Prolegomena is a text that can challenge even the most earnest philosophy student, and this edition welcomes them in a friendly and good-humored way without over-simplifying.” — Jane Dryden, Mount Allison University
Cuprins
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Index
- Kant’s Life
- Would You Have Liked to Have Kant Over for Dinner?
- The Context and Content of This Book
A Note on the Text
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
- Preface
- Preamble on the Peculiarities of All Metaphysical Cognition
- The General Question of the Prolegomena: Is Metaphysics at All Possible?
- The General Problem: How Is Cognition from Pure Reason Possible?
- First Part of the Main Transcendental Problem: How Is Pure Mathematics Possible?
- Second Part of the Transcendental Problem: How Is the Science of Nature Possible?
- Third Part of the Main Transcendental Problem: How Is Metaphysics in General Possible?
- Conclusion: On the Determination of the Bounds of Pure Reason
- Solution of the General Question of the Prolegomena, “How Is Metaphysics Possible as a Science?”
- Appendix: On What Can Be Done to Make Metaphysics Actual as a Science
Index