- Paperback: 278 pages
- Publisher: OUP USA; New Ed edition (18 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0195153073
- ISBN-13: 978-0195153071
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"Dicker's book is filled with insightful clarifications that confirm Kant's epistemological relevancy to the analytic tradition."--Jason Howard, Review of Metaphysics
"Dicker is deft in integrating technically sophisticated descriptions of Kant's arguments with clear, illuminating examples."--Choice
"Georges Dicker's book is a remarkably cogent, clear, and accessible treatment of the first half of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. It advances an attractive interpretation of this material that will be of interest to any scholar of Kant's metaphysics and epistemology. Partly because it incorporates a fair-minded exposition and evaluation of the most influential work in this area of the past forty years, it is to my mind now the best companion for a first course on the Critique."--Derk Pereboom, University of Vermont
"Given the extreme difficulty of both Kant's prose and thought, I tend to be sceptical of this project of making Kant safe for beginners, so I was happily
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The Critique of Pure Reason is Kant's acknowledged masterpiece, in which he tackles the question of how we can possibly have knowledge that does not rest on experience (a priori knowledge). The first half of the Critique advances a constructive theory of human cognition and defends the possibility of human knowledge against the skeptical empiricism of Hume. These sections of the Critique are difficult for beginners and for advanced students alike. While there exist many scholarly works discussing the Critique on an advanced level, this book is explicitly designed to be read alongside the text by first-time readers of Kant. Dicker makes Kant's views and arguments as accessible as possible without oversimplifying them, and synthesizes the views of contemporary scholars. Kant's Theory of Knowledge will be useful to both undergraduate and graduate students struggling with this notoriously difficult yet deeply influential thinker.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
sharp intro
22 Jun 2005
Format:Paperback
This is a solid introduction to Kant's epistemology and metaphysics. Dicker lays out the main arguments of the "Transcedental Analytic" with admirable clarity and rigor, borrowing from and modifying earlier interpreters such as Guyer, Strawson, and Wollf. Potential buyers should know that the style of the book--as the subtitle suggests--is heavily analytic. It is advertised as appropriate for "first-time readers of Kant," but this is true only for those readers who already have quite a bit of analytic philosophy under their belts. Other readers will not have the patience to slog through reconstructions of Kant's arguments that take the form of long 'proofs' with numbered premises and conclusions (plus some elementary symbolic notation). There's no way around this. The style is unapologetically academic. For readers used to this sort of approach, Dicker is an exceptionally clear and straightforward writer. He pursues Kant's arguments with remarkable tenacity, and offers very thorough reconstructions of some of the first Critique's most central lines of thought. Two kinds of reader will probably find this book most helpful: those with background in analytic philosophy who are looking to deepen their understanding of Kant's work, but lack the patience for the secondary literature and scholarly commentaries; and those looking to get a better grip on, not just Kant, but the way he's read by commentators such as Guyer and Strawson. Dicker's reconstruction of the main line of thought about Kant's conception of objectivity from "The Bounds of Sense," for example, is great. In general, the patience he displays in going through the main arguments of the Deduction and the Analogies of Experience will make it rewarding even for readers who've been through this stuff many times over.
Potential buyers should be aware that this is not a comprehensive commentary on either the first Critique or Kant's work as a whole. Dicker spends very little time on either Kant's development as a thinker or the historical background of his work. For a more comprehensive commentary, check out Gardner. Readers without the background in analytic philosophy will also find that text much more accessible.
Potential buyers should be aware that this is not a comprehensive commentary on either the first Critique or Kant's work as a whole. Dicker spends very little time on either Kant's development as a thinker or the historical background of his work. For a more comprehensive commentary, check out Gardner. Readers without the background in analytic philosophy will also find that text much more accessible.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, clear introduction
11 Mar 2012
Format:Paperback
Dicker's introductions to Kant, Hume, and Descartes are all excellent "advanced" introductions to their subjects. What I mean by "advanced introduction" is that it helps to have a bit of general philosophy background when reading these. For one with a little background, these books are all VERY clearly written -- a quality which is too infrequently seen in "introductory" texts. (This is especially the case for introductions to Kant.) That is not to say they are easy reads -- but this because the ideas themselves can be difficult. If you put in the effort to read these books carefully, you will get a ton out of them.
If one is trying to learn about Kant, I'd highly recommend reading this book in conjunction with Part 1 of Guyer's "Kant" (in the Routledge Philosophers series). Btw, Dicker's newest book on Berkeley is very good, too.
If one is trying to learn about Kant, I'd highly recommend reading this book in conjunction with Part 1 of Guyer's "Kant" (in the Routledge Philosophers series). Btw, Dicker's newest book on Berkeley is very good, too.
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