Critique of Pure Reason
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Critique of Pure Reason is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical work that revolutionized modern thought by examining the limits and capacities of human reason.
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Target entity: Critique of Pure Reason Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorWork, Critique of Pure Reason]
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The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
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A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
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On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Critique of Pure Reason Target entity description: Critique of Pure Reason is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical work that revolutionized modern thought by examining the limits and capacities of human reason.
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A.
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
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B.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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C.
Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
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D.
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
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E.
On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses | conflict between rationalism and empiricism ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
critique metaphysics
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determine the limits of human cognition ⓘ establish conditions of possibility of experience ⓘ |
| author | Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
knowledge arises from the cooperation of sensibility and understanding
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we can know appearances but not things in themselves ⓘ |
| containsPart |
transcendental idealism
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surface form:
Transcendental Aesthetic
Transcendental Analytic ⓘ Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Prussia
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surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| dividedInto |
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
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surface form:
Transcendental Doctrine of Elements
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics ⓘ
surface form:
Transcendental Doctrine of Method
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| followedBy |
Critique of Practical Reason
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Critique of the Power of Judgment ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
A edition
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B edition ⓘ |
| hasGenre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
empiricism
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rationalism ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | revolutionized modern philosophy by proposing a Copernican revolution in metaphysics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century epistemology
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German idealism ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
categories of the understanding
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forms of intuition ⓘ ideas of pure reason ⓘ phenomena and noumena distinction ⓘ synthetic a priori judgments ⓘ thing in itself ⓘ transcendental apperception ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
epistemology
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limits of human reason ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ possibility of metaphysics as a science ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Critique of Pure Reason
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surface form:
Kritik der reinen Vernunft
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| partOf | Kant's critical philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
German idealism
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transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1781 ⓘ |
| revisedEditionYear | 1787 ⓘ |
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Kritik der reinen Vernunft
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Science of Knowledge
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Kant's three Critiques
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thing-in-itself
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Immanuel Kant
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Kant's Critical Philosophy
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System of All Principles of Pure Understanding
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antinomies of pure reason
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Kant’s transcendental idealism
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Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
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Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
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Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
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Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?
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Critique of Pure Reason, first Critique
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System of All Principles of Pure Understanding
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Schematism of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding
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B edition of Critique of Pure Reason
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antinomies of pure reason
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Kant's three Critiques