This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Immanuel Kant.

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• Offers an excellent introduction to the broad range of Kant’s philosophical thought.
  
• Provides an exposition of Kant’s major philosophical works, including the Critique of Pure Reason.
  
• Topics covered include Kant’s theory of empirical cognition, his doctrine of transcendental idealism, and his theory of the limits of reason.

Allen W. Wood is Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor at Stanford University. He is the author of seven books, including Hegel’s Ethical Thought (1990), Kant’s Ethical Thought (1999), Unsettling Obligations (2002) and Karl Marx (second edition, 2004). He is co-editor, with Paul Guyer, of the Critique of Pure Reason (1999).