The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy [Hardcover]

This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction to Kant currently available.The philosophy of Kant is the watershed moment of modern thought, irrevocably changing the landscape of the field and preparing the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and modern philosophy.The philosophy of Kant is the watershed moment of modern thought, irrevocably changing the landscape of the field and preparing the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This 2006 volume provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and modern philosophy.The philosophy of Immanuel Kant is the watershed of modern thought, which irrevocably changed the landscape of the field and prepared the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This 2006 volume, which complements The Cambridge Companion to Kant, covers every aspect of Kant's philosophy, with a particular focus on his moral and political philosophy. It also provides detailed coverage of Kant's historical context and of the enormous impact and influence that his work has had on the subsequent history of philosophy. The bibliography also offers extensive and organized coverage of both classical and recent books on Kant. This volume thus provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and his place in modern philosophy, making accessible the philosophical enterprise of Kant to those coming to his work for the first time.Introduction: the starry heavens and the moral law Paul Guyer; 1. 'A priori' Philip Kitcher; 2. Kant on the perception of space (and time) Gary Hatfield; 3. Kant's philosophy of mathematics Lisa Shabel; 4. Kant on a priori concepts: the metaphysical deduction of the categories Beatrice Longuenesse; 5. Kant's philolÓ(