Two currents of thought dominated Western philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Continental Rationalism and British Empiricism. Despite the gradual dissemination of British ideas on the Continent in the first decades of the eighteenth century, these fundamentally disparate philosophical outlooks seemed to be wholly irreconcilable. However, the publication of Immanuel Kants Critique of Pure Reason in 1781 presented an entirely new method of philosophical reasoning that promised to combine the virtues of Rationalism with the scientific rigour of Empiricism.

This book offers the first extended analysis of Kants method of proof in philosophy. The author constructs a model based on Kants own statements about his procedure and then examines his famous proofs in light of it. Great emphasis is placed on historical accuracy and the debunking of popular myths about Kants aims and doctrines. The result is a compelling new picture of Kant that will challenge current assumptions.

Introduction

Transcendental Arguments: Superfluity and Scepticism
The Transcendental Method
The Transcendental Refutation of Empirical Idealism
The Transcendental as a Level of Discourse
Notes
Bibliography

Logic Works: A Rigorous Introduction to Formal Logic

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