Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics, Fifth Edition, Enlarged 5/e

Richard Taft is former Research Fellow at Trinity College, Hartford, and former Fulbright Fellow at the Hegel Archive of the Ruhr University in Germany.

Translator's Introduction References to Works of Kant and Heidegger Preface to the Fourth Edition Prefaces to the First, Second, and Third Editions Introduction The Theme and Structure of the Investigation The unfolding of the idea of a Fundamental Ontology through the interpretation of the Critique of Pure Reason as a laying of the ground for Metaphysics Part One The Starting Point for the Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics Part Two Carrying out the Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics A. The Characterization of the Dimension of Going-Back (needed) for Carrying Out the Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics I. The Essential Characteristics of the Field of Origin II. The Manner of Unveiling the Origin B. The Stages of Carrying out the Projection of the Inner Possibility of Ontology The First Stage in the Ground-Laying: The Essential Elements of Pure Knowledge A) Pure Intuition in Finite Knowing B) Pure Thinking in Finite Knowing The Second Stage of the Ground-Laying: The Essential Unity of Pure Knowledge The Third Stage of the Ground-Laying: The Inner Possibility of the Essential Unity of Ontological Synthesis The Fourth Stage of the Ground-Laying: The Ground for the Inner Possibility of Ontological Knowledge The Fifth Stage of the Ground-Laying: The Full Essential Determination of Ontological Knowledge Part Three The Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics in Its Originality A. The Explicit Characterization of the Ground Laid in the Ground-Laying B. The Transcendental Power of Imagination as Root of Both Stems C. The Transcendental Power of Imagination and the Problem of Human Pure Reason Part Four The Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics in a Retrieval The Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics in Anthropology B. The Problem of Finitude in Human Beings and the Metaphysics of Dasein C. The Metaphysics of Dasein as Fundamental Ontology Appendices I. Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and the Task of a Laying of the Ground for Metaphysics II. Davos Disputation between Ernst Cassirer and Martin Heidegger Translator's Notes

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