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Themes in Kant's metaphysics and ethicsArthur Melnick.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2004.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 275 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813216294
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B2799 .T446 2004
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The consistency of Kant's theory of space and time -- Kant vs. Lambert and Trendelenburg on the ideality of time -- part 2. The transcendental deduction -- Apperception and the premise of Kant's transcendental deduction -- Categories, logical functions, and schemata in Kant -- A modified version of Kant's theory of cognition -- part 3. The principles -- Kant's proofs of causation and substance -- Kant's refutation of idealism in the B edition -- part 4. Things in themselves -- Kant on things in themselves -- Kant's proof of transcendental idealism in the first antinomy -- Macroscopic facts, quantum mechanics, and metaphysical realism -- part 5. Freedom and morality -- Reason, freedom, and determinism in Kant's third antinomy -- Kant's formulations of the categorical imperative -- The rational justification of morality.
Review: "Intended for those interested in Kant's contribution to philosophy, this volume provides an overview of Kant's arguments concerning central issues in metaphysics and ethics. Arthur Melnick argues that the key to all of Kant's arguments is his constructivist theory of space and time."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

part 1. The transcendental aesthetic -- The consistency of Kant's theory of space and time -- Kant vs. Lambert and Trendelenburg on the ideality of time -- part 2. The transcendental deduction -- Apperception and the premise of Kant's transcendental deduction -- Categories, logical functions, and schemata in Kant -- A modified version of Kant's theory of cognition -- part 3. The principles -- Kant's proofs of causation and substance -- Kant's refutation of idealism in the B edition -- part 4. Things in themselves -- Kant on things in themselves -- Kant's proof of transcendental idealism in the first antinomy -- Macroscopic facts, quantum mechanics, and metaphysical realism -- part 5. Freedom and morality -- Reason, freedom, and determinism in Kant's third antinomy -- Kant's formulations of the categorical imperative -- The rational justification of morality.

"Intended for those interested in Kant's contribution to philosophy, this volume provides an overview of Kant's arguments concerning central issues in metaphysics and ethics. Arthur Melnick argues that the key to all of Kant's arguments is his constructivist theory of space and time."--Jacket.

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