Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness

Kant and the Demands of Self-Consciousness
by Pierre Keller

# Paperback: 294 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 26, 2001)

Pierre Keller examines Kant's theory of self-consciousness and argues that it succeeds in explaining how both subjective and objective experience are possible. He argues for a new understanding of Kant's conception of self-consciousness as the capacity to abstract not only from what one happens to be experiencing, but also from one's own personal identity. By developing this new interpretation he is able to argue that transcendental self-consciousness underwrites a general theory of objectivity and subjectivity at the same time.

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Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary

Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: A Commentary
by Jens Timmermann

# Hardcover: 224 pages
# Publisher: Cambridge University Press (July 16, 2007)

The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's central contribution to moral philosophy, and has inspired controversy ever since it was first published in 1785. Kant champions the insights of 'common human understanding' against what he sees as the dangerous perversions of ethical theory. Morality is revealed to be a matter of human autonomy: Kant locates the source of the 'categorical imperative' within each and every human will. However, he also portrays everyday morality in a way that many readers find difficult to accept. The Groundwork is a short book, but its argument is dense, intricate and at times treacherous. This commentary explains Kant's arguments paragraph by paragraph, and also contains an introduction, a synopsis of the argument, six short interpretative essays on key topics of the Groundwork, and a glossary of key terms. It will be an indispensable tool for anyone wishing to study the Groundwork in detail.

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Kant, Science, and Human Nature

Kant, Science, and Human Nature
by Robert Hanna

# Hardcover: 512 pages
# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 7, 2006)

Robert Hanna argues for the importance of Kant's theories of the epistemological, metaphysical, and practical foundations of the "exact sciences"--relegated to the dustbin of the history of philosophy for most of the 20th century. In doing so he makes a valuable contribution to one of the most
active and fruitful areas in contemporary scholarship on Kant.


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