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I. TEXTUAL--

Kant's Method of composing the _Critique of Pure Reason_ xix

II. HISTORICAL--

Kant's Relation to Hume and to Leibniz xxv

III. GENERAL--

1. The Nature of the _a priori_ xxxiii
2. Kant's Contribution to the Science of Logic xxxvi
3. The Nature of Consciousness xxxix
4. Phenomenalism, Kant's Substitute for Subjectivism xlv
5. The Distinction between Human and Animal Intelligence xlvii
6. The Nature and Conditions of Self-Consciousness l
7. Kant's threefold Distinction between Sensibility,
Understanding, and Reason lii
8. The place of the _Critique of Pure Reason_ in
Kant's Philosophical System lv

THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON[1]

_Title_ 1 _Motto_ 4 _Dedication to Freiherr von Zedlitz_ 6

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 8

_Comment on Preface_ 10
_Dogmatism_, _Scepticism_, _Criticism_ 13

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 17

_The Copernican Hypothesis_ 22

INTRODUCTION 26

_Comment upon the Argument of Kant's Introduction_ 33
_How are Synthetic_ a priori _Judgments possible?_ 43
_The Analytic and Synthetic Methods_ 44
_Purpose and Scope of the Critique_ 56
_Kant's relation to Hume_ 61
_Meaning of the term Transcendental_ 73

THE TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF ELEMENTS

Part I. THE TRANSCENDENTAL AESTHETIC 79-166

_Definition of Terms_ 79
_Kant's conflicting Views of Space_ 88

Section I. SPACE 99

_Kant's Attitude to the Problems of Modern Geometry_ 117

Section II. TIME 123

_Kant's Views regarding the Nature of Arithmetical Science_ 128
_Kant's conflicting Views of Time_ 134
General Observations on the Transcendental Aesthetic 143
_The Distinction between Appearance and Illusion_ 148
_Kant's Relation to Berkeley_ 155
_The Paradox of Incongruous Counterparts_ 161

Part II. THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC 167

Introduction 167

I. Logic in General 167
II. Transcendental Logic 170
III. The Division of General Logic into Analytic
and Dialectic 172

Division I. THE TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYTIC 174

Book I. THE ANALYTIC OF CONCEPTS 175

Chapter I. THE CLUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF ALL PURE CONCEPTS
OF THE UNDERSTANDING 175

Section I. The Logical Use of the Understanding 176
_Comment on Kant's Argument_ 176
_Stages in the Development of Kant's
Metaphysical Deduction_ 186

Section II. The Logical Function of the Understanding
in Judgment 192

Section III. The Categories on Pure Concepts of the
Understanding 194

_Distinction between Logical Forms and Categories_ 195

Part II. THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGIC--_Continued._

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