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Kant : a very short introduction / Roger Scruton.

By: Scruton, Roger.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Very short introductions ; 50.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001Edition: Rev. ed.Description: 141 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0192801996; 9780192801999.Subject(s): Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804DDC classification: 193
Contents:
Life, works and character -- The background of Kant's thought -- The transcendental deduction -- The logic of illusion -- The categorical imperative -- Beauty and design -- Enlightenment and law -- Transcendental philosophy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but is also one of the most difficult. In this illuminating Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton--a well-known and controversial philosopher in his own right--tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.

Life, works and character -- The background of Kant's thought -- The transcendental deduction -- The logic of illusion -- The categorical imperative -- Beauty and design -- Enlightenment and law -- Transcendental philosophy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Illustrations (p. xii)
  • Abbreviations (p. xiv)
  • Chapter 1 Life, Works, and Character (p. 1)
  • Chapter 2 The Background of Kant's Thought (p. 16)
  • Chapter 3 The Transcendental Deduction (p. 32)
  • Chapter 4 The Logic of Illusion (p. 54)
  • Chapter 5 The Categorical Imperative (p. 73)
  • Chapter 6 Beauty and Design (p. 96)
  • Chapter 7 Enlightenment and Law (p. 112)
  • Chapter 8 Transcendental Philosophy (p. 129)
  • Further Reading (p. 133)
  • Index (p. 137)
  • Visit the Very Short Introductions Web Site

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Roger Scruton's publications include Spinoza in the Past Masters series, Art And Imagination, (1974), The Aesthetics of Architecture (1979), The Aesthetic Understanding (1983), An Intelligent Persons Guide To Philosophy (1996), and The Aesthetics Of Music (1997).