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The Critique of Pure Reason Volume 1

Author
Immanuel Kant
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
15 hours 19 minutes
ISBN
9781802562415
Published
6 January 2025
Imprint
Adelphi Press
  • epistemology
  • metaphysics
  • rationalism
  • empiricism
  • phenomenology
  • transcendental idealism
  • knowledge limitations
  • human perception
  • categorical imperative
  • philosophical inquiry

Description

Immanuel Kant's "The Critique of Pure Reason" embarks on a profound exploration of human cognition, grappling with the boundaries of knowledge and perception. Challenging traditional philosophical thought, Kant delves into the interplay between empirical experience and innate understanding, proposing that reality is shaped by the mind's structures. This revolutionary treatise intricately examines the nature of reality, knowledge, and existence, reshaping the landscape of modern philosophy.

Author

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) gave modern thought its most influential architecture of reason. A central figure of the Enlightenment, he asked how knowledge is possible, how freedom is compatible with a lawful world, and how morality can be grounded without dogma. His answer reshaped epistemology and ethics for generations: we do not merely receive the world — we structure it; and we are bound by principles we can will as universal.