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Kant's Theory of Mind: An Analysis of the Paralogisms of Pure Reason 2nd Edition
Author(s): Karl Ameriks (Author)
- Publisher: Clarendon Press
- Publication Date: May 18, 2000
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 390 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198238975
- ISBN-13: 9780198238973
Book Description
This seminal contribution to Kant studies, originally published in 1982, was the first to present a thorough survey and evaluation of Kant’s theory of mind. Ameriks focuses on Kant’s discussion of the Paralogisms in the Critique of Pure Reason, and examines how the themes raised there are treated in the rest of Kant’s writings. Ameriks demonstrates that Kant developed a theory of mind that is much more rationalistic and defensible than most interpreters have allowed.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Nor brief summary can do justice to Ameriks’s close reasoning, complex argumentation, crucial use of Kant’s precritical writings, and careful consideration of recent treatments. Yet far from making the Critique inaccessible, Ameriks confirms what lay readers sense–that they are facing a tensed, problem-laden monument to polonged reflection.”–The Review of Metaphysics
About the Author
Karl Ameriks is Hank-McMahon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
