Why read The Critique of Pure Reason?

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The Critique of Pure Reason (1781) is one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. It is also referred to as Kant's "First Critique", being followed by the Critique of Practical Reason (1788) and the Critique of Judgment (1790). In the preface to the first edition Kant…

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1 author picked The Critique of Pure Reason as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Charles P. Webel

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Kant is one the most important, and many, including myself, would argue the most seminal thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition.

His epistemological and metaphysical masterpiece, The Critique of Pure Reason, has had the single greatest impact on my own thinking about how we think and know “the world,” both in its “inner” and “outer” dimensions.

From Charles' list on The best books on how the world may or may not be what you think it is.