Opus postumum
By: Immanuel Kant ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Eckart Förster ; translated by Eckart Förster and Michael Rosen.
Contributors: Förster, Eckart.
Series: The Cambridge edition of the works of Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Transcendentalism; Physics -- Philosophy
Description: This volume is the first ever English translation of Kant's last major work, the so-called Opus Postumum, a work Kant himself described as his 'chef d'oeuvre' and as the keystone of his entire philosophical system. It occupied him for more than the last decade of his life. Begun with the intention of providing a 'transition from the metaphysical foundations of natural science to physics, ' Kant's reflections take him far beyond the problem he initially set out to solve. In fact, he reassesses a whole series of fundamental topics of transcendental philosophy: the thing in itself, the nature of space and time, the concept of the self and its agency, the idea of God, and the unity of theoretical and practical reason. Though never completed, the text reaches a logical albeit not fully developed, conclusion.--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. lvi-lvii)and index.