| Kant in 90 Minutes Contributor(s): Strathern, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566631238 ISBN-13: 9781566631235 Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled farther than forty miles from his home in Konigsberg. How appropriate 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 reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place Kant within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 193 |
| LCCN: 96024947 |
| Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.09" W x 8.03" (0.24 lbs) 95 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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