<p>"This book is an excellent introduction to Kant, with lots of details that make it of interest and value even to specialists. It is written to answer a real need in the current literature, and it succeeds admirably." — Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame</p><p>"The book gives a very clear and complete overview of the essential elements of Kant's philosophy, as well as an account of his life and of his effects on future thought." — Thomas Pogge, Columbia University</p>

In this book, Hoffe gives a clear, understandable description of Kant's philosophical development and influence, and he sets forth Kant's main ideas from the Critique of Pure Reason and the ethics to the philosophy of law, history, religion, and art. In his critical treatment, Hoffe shows why Kant's philosophy continues to be relevant and challenging to us today.

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Translator's Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I: Life and Philosophical Development


1. The Pre-Critical Period


2. The Critical Transcendental Philosophy


Part II: What Can I Know?The Critique of Pure Reason


3. The Project of a Transcendental Critique of Reason


4. The Transcendental Aesthetic


5. The Analytic of Concepts


6. The Analytic of Principles


7. The Transcendental Dialectic


Part III: What Ought I Do?Moral and Legal Philosophy


8. The Critique of Practical Reason


9. Political Philosophy


Part IV: What May I Hope?The Philosophy of History and Religion


10. History as the Progress of Law


11. The Religion of Practical Reason


Part V: The Philosophical Aesthetics and the Philosophy of the Organic


12. The Critique of Judgment


Part VI: Kant's Influence


13. Reception, Further Development, and Criticism of Kant's Ideas


Notes
Chronology
Bibliography
Indexes

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ISBN
9780791420942
Publisert
1994-09-02
Utgiver
State University of New York Press
Vekt
417 gr
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biografisk notat

Otfried Hoffe is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tubingen. His books include Praktische Philosophie—Das Modell des Aristoteles; Strategien der Humanitat; Ethik und Politik; Sittlich-politische Diskurse; Politische Gerechtigkeit; "Den Staat braucht selbst ein Volk von Teufeln"; Kategorische Rechtsprinzipien; and Die Moral als Preis der Moderne.