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A Companion to Kant

Edited by: Graham Bird

Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy

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"This collection is what one hopes for in a 'companion' volume. It contains 33 essays by prominent scholars, all of whom have made substantial contributions to Kant studies." Choice

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This Companion provides an authoritative survey of the whole range of Kant's work, giving readers an idea of its immense scope, its extraordinary achievement, and its continuing ability to generate philosophical interest.

Written by an international cast of scholars.

Covers all the major works of the critical philosophy, as well as the pre-critical works.

Subjects covered range from mathematics and philosophy of science, through epistemology and metaphysics, to moral and political philosophy.

TopTable of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Part I: General Introduction

Part II: The Moral Philosophy: Pure and Applied

Part III: The Critique of the Power of Judgement

Index

TopAbout the Author

Graham Bird is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. He has been a leading Kant scholar for nearly 40 years, and is the author of Kant's Theory of Knowledge, Philosophical Tasks, and William James. He is a past president of the Aristotelian Society and Chair of the UK Kant Society