Lectures on Logic

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lectures on Logic
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Immanuel Kant
Edited by J. Michael Young
SeriesThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:732
Dimensions(mm): Height 223,Width 152
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
Philosophy - logic
ISBN/Barcode 9780521546911
ClassificationsDewey:160
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 September 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Kant's views on logic and logical theory play an important part in his critical writings, especially the Critique of Pure Reason. However, since he published only one short essay on the subject, we must turn to texts derived from his logic lectures to understand his views. This volume includes three previously untranslated transcripts of Kant's logic lectures: the Blomberg Logic (1770s), the Vienna Logic supplemented by the recently discovered Hechsel Logic (1780s), and the Dohna-Wundlacken Logic (1790s). Also included is a new translation of the Jasche Logic, compiled at Kant's request from his lectures and published in 1800, and concordances relating Kant's lectures to Georg Friedrich Meier's Excerpts from the Doctrine of Reason, the book on which Kant lectured throughout his life and in which he left extensive notes.

Reviews

'By making available these lectures in English in one volume, with all its scholarly apparatus, the translator and the series editors have provided an important service, making Kant accessible to a wider audience for more serious study. Cambridge University Press has produced a very handsome volume.' Review of Metaphysics 'The translation is remarkably readable ... and is altogether a considerable achievement.' British Journal of the History of Philosophy '... this volume represents the most scholarly and up-to-date translation of Kant's logical views available today. Most importantly, it gives a consistent translation of transcripts that present Kant's views on logic at different stages of his career ... sure to become indispensable ... for the serious Kant scholar.' Canadian Philosophical Reviews