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Immanuel Kant

Critique of Pure Reason

Study III: Introduction

 


 

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Study III: Introduction

The first passage in the Introduction is especially appropriate given everything we've just been discussing.

Kant begins by acknowledging that all our knowledge begins with experience, but immediately warns us that this does not mean all our knowledge arises from experience.

That distinction is going to become one of the foundation stones of the entire Critique.

I would make the orientation useful by answering:

Where are we now in Kant's argument?

Why does the Introduction exist?

What problem is Kant trying to solve here?

What are the major distinctions he is about to introduce?

What is the sequence of the argument?

Which technical terms will become important?

Which questions should we carry forward?

Where does the Introduction lead us next?

I would also include a plain-English version of the Introduction's entire strategy before we begin its individual sections.

And I think this is actually an important methodological improvement arising from our experience with the Critique already: before entering any substantial Kantian subdivision, we first need to know what role that subdivision plays in the whole argument.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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