Project Gutenberg 2016-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 1191 Kant, Immanuel 1724 1804 Kant, Emmanuel Kant, I. (Immanuil) Carus, Paul 1852 1919 Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolegomena_to_Any_Future_Metaphysics Produced by Kevin C. Lombardi "Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics" by Immanuel Kant is a philosophical treatise written in the late 18th century. This work serves as an introductory text intended to make Kant’s complex ideas accessible and to explore the foundations of metaphysics. In this publication, Kant investigates the nature and possibility of metaphysics as a science, emphasizing the need for a critical examination of how synthetic knowledge a priori is possible, which sets the stage for his broader philosophical arguments. The opening of "Prolegomena" introduces the necessity of questioning metaphysics and highlights its historical challenges, particularly through the skepticism introduced by David Hume. Kant argues that human reason must first determine whether metaphysics can be a valid science, discussing how pure a priori knowledge is formed and linking it to concepts of understanding and intuition. He posits that for metaphysical knowledge to exist, it must not rely on empirical observation but instead derive from the innate structures of human cognition. Kant's exploration at the beginning of this discussion sets the groundwork for understanding the nature of knowledge, drawing a critical line between empirical sciences and metaphysical reasoning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 36.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800 Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800 B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Philosophy & Ethics 361626 2025-06-21T07:06:50.722729 text/html 338916 2024-10-23T00:59:21 text/html 204606 2025-06-21T07:07:00.197134 application/epub+zip 208524 2025-06-21T07:06:55.172673 application/epub+zip 186185 2025-06-21T07:06:53.483706 application/epub+zip 459052 2025-06-21T07:07:03.832131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434899 2025-06-21T07:06:58.989188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396103 2022-09-24T01:15:39.288073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316128 2025-06-21T07:06:49.993690 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296357 2024-10-23T00:59:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17820 2025-06-21T07:07:03.987123 application/rdf+xml 22318 2025-06-21T07:06:54.048679 image/jpeg 5009 2025-06-21T07:06:53.767662 image/jpeg 201661 2025-06-21T07:06:50.752682 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia en.wikipedia