Kant in 90 Minutes Contributor(s): Strathern, Paul (Author), Whitfield, Robert (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786190426 ISBN-13: 9780786190423 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
Dewey: 193 |
Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes (Audio) |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.66" W x 6.4" (0.26 lbs) |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled further than forty miles from his home in Konigsberg. How appropriate it is then that in his philosophy he should deny that all knowledge was derived from experience. Kant's aim was to restore metaphysics. He insisted that all experience must conform to knowledge. According to Kant, space and time are subjective; along with various "categories," they help us to see the phenomena of the world--though never its true reality. In Kant in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kant's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Kant's work, a brief list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Kant within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strathern, Paul: - Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. The author of many nonfiction books and of articles for numerous publications, he has also written several novels and has won the Somerset Maugham Prize. He lives and writes in London. Whitfield, Robert: -Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over forty Earphones Awards. He has won thirteen prestigious Audie Awards and was Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. |