Project Gutenberg 2016-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 1187 Kant, Immanuel 1724 1804 Kant, Emmanuel Kant, I. (Immanuil) Carus, Paul 1852 1919 Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Produced by Kevin C. Lombardi "Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics" by Immanuel Kant is a philosophical treatise written in the late 18th century. This work serves as an introductory text intended to make Kant’s complex ideas accessible and to explore the foundations of metaphysics. In this publication, Kant investigates the nature and possibility of metaphysics as a science, emphasizing the need for a critical examination of how synthetic knowledge a priori is possible, which sets the stage for his broader philosophical arguments. The opening of "Prolegomena" introduces the necessity of questioning metaphysics and highlights its historical challenges, particularly through the skepticism introduced by David Hume. Kant argues that human reason must first determine whether metaphysics can be a valid science, discussing how pure a priori knowledge is formed and linking it to concepts of understanding and intuition. He posits that for metaphysical knowledge to exist, it must not rely on empirical observation but instead derive from the innate structures of human cognition. Kant's exploration at the beginning of this discussion sets the groundwork for understanding the nature of knowledge, drawing a critical line between empirical sciences and metaphysical reasoning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800 B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 361437 361438 2024-09-22T04:54:49.344253 2023-09-23T03:37:40.664765 text/html text/html 359015 2016-09-05T17:11:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 110084 2016-09-05T15:02:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 204530 2024-09-22T04:54:58.656160 application/epub+zip 208558 2024-09-22T04:54:53.729276 application/epub+zip 186219 2024-09-22T04:54:52.077197 application/epub+zip 459138 2024-09-22T04:55:02.209144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434899 2024-09-22T04:54:57.475124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396103 2022-09-24T01:15:39.288073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316174 316162 2024-09-22T04:54:48.654160 2023-09-23T03:37:40.102728 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 316325 2016-09-05T15:02:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 104417 2016-09-05T15:02:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19510 2024-09-22T04:55:02.356091 application/rdf+xml 22318 2024-09-22T04:54:52.629139 image/jpeg 5009 2024-09-22T04:54:52.354185 image/jpeg 201624 2024-09-22T04:54:49.374181 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia