The Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy

The philosophy of Immanuel Kant is the watershed of modern thought, which irrevocably changed the landscape of the field and prepared the way for all the significant philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume, which complements The Cambridge Companion to Kant, covers every aspect of Kant’s philosophy, with a particular focus on his moral and political philosophy. It also provides detailed coverage of Kant’s historical context and of the enormous impact and influence that his work has had on the subsequent history of philosophy. The bibliography also offers extensive and organized coverage of both classical and recent books on Kant. This volume thus provides the broadest and deepest introduction currently available on Kant and his place in modern philosophy, making accessible the philosophical enterprise of Kant to those coming to his work for the first time.

• All new essays on every aspect of Kant’s philosophy • Expanded coverage of Kant’s moral and political philosophy • New emphasis on Kant’s historical context and subsequent impact

Introduction: the starry heavens and the moral law Paul Guyer; 1. ‘A priori’ Philip Kitcher; 2. Kant on the perception of space (and time) Gary Hatfield; 3. Kant’s philosophy of mathematics Lisa Shabel; 4. Kant on a priori concepts: the metaphysical deduction of the categories Beatrice Longuenesse; 5. Kant’s philosophy of cognitive mind Patricia Kitcher; 6. Kant’s proofs of substance and causation Arthur Melnick; 7. Kant and transcendental arguments Ralph C. S. Walker; 8. The critique of metaphysics: the structure and fate of Kant’s dialectic Karl Ameriks; 9. Philosophy of natural science Michael Friedman; 10. The supreme principle of morality Allen W. Wood; 11. Kant on freedom of the will Henry E. Allison; 12. Mine and thine? The Kantian state Robert B. Pippin; 13. Kant on sex and marriage right Jane Kneller; 14. Kant’s theory of peace Pauline Kleingeld; 15. Kant’s conception of virtue Lara Denis; 16. Kant’s ambitions in the third Critique Paul Guyer; 17. Moral faith and the highest food Frederick C. Beiser; 18. Kant’s critical philosophy and its reception - the first five years (1781–1786) Manfred Kuehn.