Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts) by Jill Vance Buroker (PDF)

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In this introductory textbook to Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Jill Vance Buroker explains the role of this first Critique in Kant’s Critical project and offers a line-by-line reading of the major arguments in the text. She situates Kant’s views in relation both to his predecessors and to contemporary debates, explaining his Critical philosophy as a response to the failure of rationalism and the challenge of skepticism. Paying special attention to Kant’s notoriously difficult vocabulary, she explains the strengths and weaknesses of his arguments, while leaving the final assessment up to the reader. Intended to be read alongside the Critique (also published by Cambridge University Press as part of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant in Translation), this guide is accessible to readers with little background in the history of philosophy, but should also be a valuable resource for more advanced students.

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⭐Having struggled off and on to understand the philosophy of Kant for at least thirty years, I have much appreciated this very helpful book. However, I think it is of value only if you use it as an auxiliary aid in reading the “Critique of Pure Reason.” It is by no means a substitute for reading the original. To mention just a few merits of the book: Most importantly, I think, it points up those spots where Kant is confusing or contradicts himself. For example, he introduces a bewildering array of terms (some of which he made up, while others are ordinary words to which he attaches special meanings) but then he often ignores his own definitions and uses terms interchangeably or one term when he should be using another. This book will alert the reader to many of these danger spots, thus eliminating some frustrating roadblocks. The book also frankly faces the fact that some of Kant is incurably obscure, but offers good counsel on what he probably meant. The book is probably written for students, which is by no means my category, but is good for anyone interested in Kant. I also recommend “A Kant Dictionary” (H. Caygill) and “The Cambridge Companion to Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason,” but I don’t think they are as helpful as this one. Thanks to this book I have finally succeeded in reading a good portion of Kant and (I think) even understood a large part of it. Amazing!

⭐This is an excellent guide, with more detail than Gardner (another excellent recent shortish guide). Only Kant scholars would go to the next level up (e.g. the Cambridge Companion to the Critique). It is not exactly “line-by-line” as advertised, but paragraph-by-paragraph mostly. Of course there is no way it makes everything clear — we are talking Kant here, who, worship him as I do, can be endlessly repetitive, scattered and tiresome. The reports are that he was a sparkling teacher (hmmmm.)

⭐extremely satisfied with everything

⭐Comprehensive coverage of the Critique

⭐Perhaps the best introduction to Kants, Critic of Pure Reason

⭐特に初心者（あるいは私のような哲学書を読むための基礎的訓練を受けていない者）にとってわかりやすいわけでも親切なわけでもないように読みましたが（まあ対象が対象だけに限界もありますよね）、line by lineとは言わずともA版B版含め大体セクションごとにコメントしてくれているので、コンパニオンブックとしてよい本なのかもしれません。ただ私はコンパニオンブックとして読まなかったので、実際にどうかはわかりません。しかし、カントって少なくとも第一批判においてはPoor writerですよね・・・・

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