![]() ![]() That is, he wants to know what reason alone can determine without the help of the senses. Using the methods of science, Kant demonstrates that though each mind may, indeed, create its own universe, those universes are guided by certain common laws, which are rationally discernible. Kants primary aim is to determine the limits and scope of pure reason. Our reason and preconceived ideas (which Kant argues is best seen in the form of judgement) are confirmed by experience or shown to be wrong by experience. Kant saw the Critique of Pure Reason as an attempt to bridge the gap between rationalism (there are significant ways in which our concepts and knowledge are gained independently of sense experience) and empiricism (sense experience is the ultimate source of all our concepts and knowledge) and, in particular, to counter the radical empiricism of David Hume (our beliefs are purely the result of accumulated habits, developed in response to accumulated sense experiences). Kant’s answer is that reason and experience go together in what is subsequently fleshed out as the synthetic a priori. The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philosophical text of the modern age. ![]() Translated by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (1836 - 1902) Download cover art Download CD case insert The Critique of Pure Reason ![]()
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