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The Critique of Pure Reason

by Immanuel Kant

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The Critique of Pure Reason is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Immanuel Kant. Catalog subjects include Knowledge, Theory of; Causation; Reason. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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J. M. D. (John Miller Dow) Meiklejohn
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Table of contents

92 chapters

  1. 01PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 178113 min
  2. 02PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 178737 min
  3. 03Introduction2 min
  4. 04II. The Human Intellect, even in an Unphilosophical State, is in Possession of Certain Cognitions “à priori”.3 min
  5. 05III. Philosophy stands in need of a Science which shall Determine the Possibility, Principles, and Extent of Human Knowledge “à priori”4 min
  6. 06IV. Of the Difference Between Analytical and Synthetical Judgements.4 min
  7. 07V. In all Theoretical Sciences of Reason, Synthetical Judgements “à priori” are contained as Principles.5 min
  8. 08VI. The Universal Problem of Pure Reason.6 min
  9. 09VII. Idea and Division of a Particular Science, under the Name of a Critique of Pure Reason.6 min
  10. 10I. TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF ELEMENTS.4 min
  11. 11SECTION I. Of Space. § 2. Metaphysical Exposition of this Conception.3 min
  12. 12§ 3. Transcendental Exposition of the Conception of Space.2 min
  13. 13§ 4. Conclusions from the foregoing Conceptions.4 min
  14. 14SECTION II. Of Time. § 5. Metaphysical Exposition of this Conception.2 min
  15. 15§ 6 Transcendental Exposition of the Conception of Time.2 min
  16. 16§ 7. Conclusions from the above Conceptions.4 min
  17. 17§ 8. Elucidation.6 min
  18. 18§ 9. General Remarks on Transcendental Æsthetic.16 min
  19. 19§ 10. Conclusion of the Transcendental Æsthetic.2 min
  20. 20Second Part—TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC INTRODUCTION. Idea of a Transcendental Logic. I. Of Logic in General.5 min
  21. 21II. Of Transcendental Logic.2 min
  22. 22III. Of the Division of General Logic into Analytic and Dialectic.5 min
  23. 23IV. Of the Division of Transcendental Logic into Transcendental Analytic and Dialectic.2 min
  24. 24FIRST DIVISION. TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC. TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYTIC. § 12 min
  25. 25BOOK I. Analytic of Conceptions. § 22 min
  26. 26Chapter I. Of the Transcendental Clue to the Discovery of all Pure Conceptions of the Understanding Introductory § 32 min
  27. 27Section I. Of the Logical Use of the Understanding in General § 42 min
  28. 28Section II. Of the Logical Function of the Understanding in Judgements § 57 min
  29. 29Section III. Of the Pure Conceptions of the Understanding, or Categories § 614 min
  30. 30Chapter II. Of the Deduction of the Pure Conceptions of the Understanding Section I. Of the Principles of a Transcendental Deduction in general § 99 min
  31. 31Transition to the Transcendental Deduction of the Categories § 105 min
  32. 32Section II Transcendental Deduction of the pure Conceptions of the Understanding Of the Possibility of a Conjunction of the manifold representations given by Sense § 11.2 min
  33. 33Of the Originally Synthetical Unity of Apperception § 124 min
  34. 34The Principle of the Synthetical Unity of Apperception is the highest Principle of all exercise of the Understanding § 133 min
  35. 35What Objective Unity of Self-consciousness is § 142 min
  36. 36The Logical Form of all Judgements consists in the Objective Unity of Apperception of the Conceptions contained therein § 152 min
  37. 37All Sensuous Intuitions are subject to the Categories, as Conditions under which alone the manifold Content of them can be united in one Consciousness § 162 min
  38. 38Observation § 172 min
  39. 39In Cognition, its Application to Objects of Experience is the only legitimate use of the Category § 184 min
  40. 40Of the Application of the Categories to Objects of the Senses in general § 2010 min
  41. 41Transcendental Deduction of the universally possible employment in experience of the Pure Conceptions of the Understanding § 226 min
  42. 42Result of this Deduction of the Conceptions of the Understanding § 234 min
  43. 43BOOK II. Analytic of Principles2 min
  44. 44INTRODUCTION. Of the Transcendental Faculty of judgement in General4 min
  45. 45TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF THE FACULTY OF JUDGEMENT OR, ANALYTIC OF PRINCIPLES Chapter I. Of the Schematism at of the Pure Conceptions of the Understanding11 min
  46. 46Chapter II. System of all Principles of the Pure Understanding2 min
  47. 47Section I. Of the Supreme Principle of all Analytical Judgements3 min
  48. 48Section II. Of the Supreme Principle of all Synthetical Judgements5 min
  49. 49Section III. Systematic Representation of all Synthetical Principles of the Pure Understanding51 min
  50. 50Chapter III Of the Ground of the Division of all Objects into Phenomena and Noumena8 min
  51. 51APPENDIX33 min
  52. 52SECOND DIVISION—TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTIC. INTRODUCTION. I. Of Transcendental Illusory Appearance6 min
  53. 53II. Of Pure Reason as the Seat of Transcendental Illusory Appearance11 min
  54. 54TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTIC—BOOK I—OF THE CONCEPTIONS OF PURE REASON.2 min
  55. 55Section I—Of Ideas in General9 min
  56. 56Section II. Of Transcendental Ideas12 min
  57. 57Section III. System of Transcendental Ideas6 min
  58. 58TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTIC—BOOK II—OF THE DIALECTICAL PROCEDURE OF PURE REASON2 min
  59. 59Chapter I. Of the Paralogisms of Pure Reason3 min
  60. 60Chapter II. The Antinomy of Pure Reason3 min
  61. 61Section I. System of Cosmological Ideas7 min
  62. 62Section II. Antithetic of Pure Reason39 min
  63. 63Section III. Of the Interest of Reason in these Self-contradictions11 min
  64. 64Section IV. Of the necessity imposed upon Pure Reason of presenting a Solution of its Transcendental Problems9 min
  65. 65Section V. Sceptical Exposition of the Cosmological Problems presented in the four Transcendental Ideas6 min
  66. 66Section VI. Transcendental Idealism as the Key to the Solution of Pure Cosmological Dialectic6 min
  67. 67Section VII. Critical Solution of the Cosmological Problem11 min
  68. 68Section VIII. Regulative Principle of Pure Reason in relation to the Cosmological Ideas8 min
  69. 69Section IX. Of the Empirical Use of the Regulative Principle of Reason with regard to the Cosmological Ideas2 min
  70. 70I. Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Composition of Phenomena in the Universe6 min
  71. 71II. Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Division of a Whole given in Intuition7 min
  72. 72III. Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Deduction of Cosmical Events from their Causes27 min
  73. 73IV. Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Dependence of Phenomenal Existences8 min
  74. 74Chapter III. The Ideal of Pure Reason Section I. Of the Ideal in General4 min
  75. 75Section II. Of the Transcendental Ideal (Prototypon Trancendentale)12 min
  76. 76Section III. Of the Arguments employed by Speculative Reason in Proof of the Existence of a Supreme Being4 min
  77. 77Section IV. Of the Impossibility of an Ontological Proof of the Existence of God11 min
  78. 78Section V. Of the Impossibility of a Cosmological Proof of the Existence of God18 min
  79. 79Section VI. Of the Impossibility of a Physico-Theological Proof11 min
  80. 80Section VII. Critique of all Theology based upon Speculative Principles of Reason11 min
  81. 81APPENDIX. Of the Regulative Employment of the Ideas of Pure Reason59 min
  82. 82II. Transcendental Doctrine of Method6 min
  83. 83Section I. The Discipline of Pure Reason in the Sphere of Dogmatism28 min
  84. 84Section II. The Discipline of Pure Reason in Polemics25 min
  85. 85Section III. The Discipline of Pure Reason in Hypothesis13 min
  86. 86Section IV. The Discipline of Pure Reason in Relation to Proofs13 min
  87. 87Chapter II. The Canon of Pure Reason2 min
  88. 88Section I. Of the Ultimate End of the Pure Use of Reason7 min
  89. 89Section II. Of the Ideal of the Summum Bonum as a Determining Ground of the Ultimate End of Pure Reason17 min
  90. 90Section III. Of Opinion, Knowledge, and Belief13 min
  91. 91Chapter III. The Architectonic of Pure Reason21 min
  92. 92Chapter IV. The History of Pure Reason5 min
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