A Commentary to Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’

1. Front Matter

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2. A Commentary to Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason”

   • Norman Kemp Smith

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3. The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements

   • Norman Kemp Smith

   Pages 79-542

4. Back Matter

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Of all the major philosophical works, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most rewarding, yet one of the most difficult. Norman Kemp Smith's Commentary elucidates not only textural questions and minor issues, but also the central problems which arise, he contends, from the conflicting tendencies of Kant's own thinking. Kemp Smith's Commentary continues to be in demand with Kant Scholars, and it is being reissued here with a new introduction by Sebastian Gardner to set it in its contemporary context.

• Kant
• logic
• philosophical works
• philosophy

'It is a classic translation: easier to read than its competitors and less cluttered with superfluous notes. An ideal translation for teaching undergraduates.' - Dr Gary Banham, Manchester Metropolitan University

• University of Edinburgh, UK

  Norman Kemp Smith

NORMAN KEMP SMITH was born in Dundee in 1872 and died in Edinburgh in 1958. Between 1919 and 1945 he was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh. Among his books are New Studies in the Philosophy of Descartes, The Credibility of Divine Existence and his translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

SEBASTIAN GARDNER is lecturer in Philosophy at UCL. He is the Reviews Editor of the European Journal of Philosophy and the author of Fichte, Schelling and Early German Idealism, Kant and the 'Critique of Pure Reason' and Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis.

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