Kant's Early Critics: The Empiricist Critique of the Theoretical Philosophy (Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanual Kant) by Cambridge University Press

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Kant's Early Critics: The Empiricist Critique of the Theoretical Philosophy (Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanual Kant) by Cambridge University Press Kant and His Contemporaries
Brigitte Sassen (ed.), in Kant's Early Critics: The Empiricist Critique of the Theoretical Philosophy, freshly translates and thematically organizes the reactions of Kant's contemporaries to the first edition of the Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and, thus, renders a considerable service to students of European thought in the eighteenth century. Using articles written between 1781 and 1789 by Jacobi, Feder, Tiedemann, and other eighteenth century commentators, Sassen (McMaster University) makes it rather easy to follow the complex polemics on space, time, logic, empiricism, idealism, and Kant's critical philosophy in general. Although somewhat forgotten today, these debates and discussions are of great historical importance because they led directly to some of the crucial revisions in the second edition of the Critique of Pure Reason. This collection of articles and essays forms a companion edition to the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant. Less advanced readers will be helped by biographical notes, a very simple German-English glossary, and a short but useful bibliography. This book will be very useful to any reader interested in the ideas of the Enlightenment and encourage students and professors from many disciplines to revisit this important chapter in European intellectual history.
Kant's Early Critics: The Empiricist Critique of the Theoretical Philosophy (Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanual Kant) by Cambridge University Press Product Description
This book offers first time translations of the initial (1781-1789) critical reactions to Kant's philosophy. Also included is a selection of writings by Kant's contemporaries who took on the task of defending the critical philosophy against early attacks. This collection, which includes a glossary of key terms and biographical sketches of the critics on both sides of the debate, is a major addition to Kant scholarship and should be seen as a companion volume to the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant.