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u/scdozer435 · 4 pointsr/askphilosophy

Kant is rather difficult, and some background knowledge of him is going to be required. Scruton's book is probably going to be the easiest secondary source, and will likely point you to other helpful sources as well. I took a course that focused on the Critique of Pure Reason and we used this to help us with both establishing the context and for breaking apart the text. As for primary sources, the Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals is fairly accessible by Kant's standards, and pretty short, so it's maybe not a bad place to start. Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is also apparently a must-read for a full understanding of the critiques.

Al that said, Kant is pretty difficult. I'm not sure what your native language is, but I've heard German students read him in English because those translations can be clearer than the originals, but he's incredibly dense however you read him. The SEP will be great too not just as a source, but for pointing you to other writings on Kant.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/askphilosophy

Excellent recommendations. Following the line of the last paragraph though, I would point out that between an introductory book on Kant, like that of Guyer, Allen Wood, or Roger Scruton, and advanced books like Allison's, Guyer's (which I didn't check out yet), or Strawson's The Bounds of Sense, there are books on Kant for an intermediary level of study, for instance Gardner's GuideBook and A Kant Dictionary by Howard Gaygill, both quite helpful.

u/gnomicarchitecture · 2 pointsr/askphilosophy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Routledge-Philosophy-GuideBook-Critique-Guidebooks/dp/041511909X

Also try reading prolegomena to any future metaphysics first, as it is shorter

u/Youre_A_Kant · 2 pointsr/askphilosophy

A tour guide may not be a bad idea depending on familiarity with the subject of the House of Kant.

I found Gardner and [Pinkard](German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521663814/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_jKZMyb84C98MF) particularly useful.

u/shiftless_drunkard · 1 pointr/askphilosophy

It sounds like you are getting some good advice in here. I'd also suggest the Prolegomena - It's essentially the Cliff's Notes.

I'll suggest The Routledge Companion: Kant and The Critique of Pure Reason

This book is great. It walks you through the CPR in a nice step-by-step way. It also has a great primer on the history of philosophy that motivated Kant's project in the CPR.

Unsolicited Advice: Just take your time. Be patient. You can do it.

u/atfyfe · 1 pointr/UMD

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (CPR) gets taught very rarely in this department. The department recognizes the need to have a course on Kant's CPR (or, alternatively, on Kant's shorter version of the CPR, his "Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics"), but the Maryland philosophy department (a) doesn't have many faculty who work on the history of philosophy, and (b) those faculty who do work in the history of philosophy either do work on ancient philosophy (Rachel Singpurwalla, Quinn Harr, Kelsey Gipe) or on Spinoza and other historical Jewish philosophers (Charles Manekin).

Sam Kerstein of course does work on historical Kant, but Sam's focus and interests in Kant is fairly exclusively directed towards Kant's moral philosophy. This is why Sam teaches a 400-level class on Kant's Groundwork every other year or so.

The upshot is that I am the first person to teach a course on Kant's CPR at this department in many years (6+). I'll probably teach the course again either next school year or, if not next year, then the following year. Unfortunately, that sounds like it might be too late for you (from what you've said, it sounds like you graduate this year).

Fortunately, I would argue that it is better for you to have taken a class on Kant's Groundwork before you graduate than Kant's CPR. Kant's ethics is more important to contemporary philosophy than his epistemology and metaphysics. That being said, I do hope you decide to give the CPR a read on your own time someday or at least read a secondary source on Kant that covers the important content from the CPR in detail.

If you decide to read Kant's CPR on your own, let me recommend some resources. First, I'd suggest you watch the following two videos about Hume and the following three videos on Kant as background (although, unfortunately there isn't a video connecting Kant to Hume through how Kant's CPR is in large part a response to Hume's skepticism):

u/uufo · 1 pointr/askphilosophy

I think it's not the best for this particular goal. The section "general introductions" contains a lot of books that are mostly appetizers. If you have already decided to study systematically to build a solid foundation you can downright skip these.

All the books of the other sections are either classics in their own right (therefore, you will study the meat of them in your study of the history of philosophy, and you will do so in the context of what they were replying to, what kind of assumptions they made etc.) or famous but not essential books that have been chosen according to the tastes of the author of the list (therefore you don't need them for foundations; you can always choose to include them in your list if you decide they are valuable in their own right).

So I say skip all the list for now. A much better and much faster way would be to read Anthony Kenny's history of philosophy. If you work through it making sure you understand all the arguments, your focus, thinking, and comprehension skills will already be at another level.

After that, you can start grappling with the Critique of pure reason. Be warned that most of the "introductions", "guides", "explanations" and "companions" to the CPR are actually investigations of obscure points that manage to be harder to read than the actual CPR. The best two books that I found that are actually introductory guides to CPR are this and this.

Despite the titles, they are not "Kant for dummies". They are actually dense expositions which require concentration, familiarity with terms used in philosophy, and knowledge of what came before Kant (both offer a quick overview, but if you don't already know what it's talking about it will just leave you dizzy). Of course, if you have already done step 1, this will be a breeze for you.

I suggest you read both before opening the real CPR, but if you only have patience/time for one: Rosenberg is more one-sided, more focused on certain aspects, and somewhat less clear on some points, but he will really get you excited on what the CPR can mean - it will become a great adventure that could possibly transform your whole understanding of yourself and the universe. Gardner is less exciting, but he is so clear, so exhaustive in predicting what kind of doubt can arise for the reader and in presenting the different interpretations, that it is scary.