The Skeptical Roots of Critique: Hume's Attack on Theology and the Origin of Kant's Antinomy [Hardcover]

InThe Skeptical Roots of Critique, Abraham Anderson shows that Kant'sCritique of Pure Reasonis the heir to Hume's skepticism about metaphysics. In showing that Kant's Antinomy flows from Hume's skepticism, this work connects Kant with the skeptical tradition reaching back to the ancients. Like Hume'sEnquiryandDialoguesand Rousseau's?mile, theCritiqueis part of the battle for Enlightenment, the struggle against the 'despotic' reign of theological dogmatism. The victory of philosophy has led us to forget there ever was such a battle; Anderson aims to bring it to life by exploring the growth of theCritique. It was the objection of David Hume, Kant wrote, that first [. . .] interrupted my dogmatic slumber ; it was the fourfold Antinomy [. . .], he wrote later, that first woke me from dogmatic slumber. How can Kant have been woken both by Hume and by the Antinomy? InThe Skeptical Roots of Critique, Abraham Anderson solves this problem by showing that the Antinomy was inspired by Hume's skepticism, whose primary target was metaphysics and especially theology. TheCritiqueis not the refutation of that skepticism, but the execution of Hume's problem in its broadest possible elaboration. In showing that the Antinomy flows from Hume, this work connects Kant with the skeptical tradition, and particularly with the antitheological skepticism of Hume's master Bayle. Like Hume'sEnquiryandDialogues, theCritiqueis part of the battle for Enlightenment, the struggle against the despotic reign of theological dogmatism.Bibliographical NotePrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The State of the Question1. Awakening from Dogmatic Slumber: Sextus, Hume, and the Roots of Transcendental Idealism2. The Impact of the Dialogues3. Skeptical Method in the Discipline and the Antinomy: The Debt to the Dialogues4. Rousseau, Hume, and the Dreams of a Spirit-Seer5. The Logik Blombel#d