Critique of Pure Reason

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book philosophical work

Critique of Pure Reason is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical work that revolutionized modern thought by examining the limits and capacities of human reason.

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Label	Occurrences
Critique of Pure Reason canonical	45
Kritik der reinen Vernunft	4
Grundsätze des reinen Verstandes	2
Kant's three Critiques	2
Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason	2
Schematism of the Pure Concepts of the Understanding	2
System of All Principles of Pure Understanding	2
antinomies of pure reason	2
B edition of Critique of Pure Reason	1
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant	1
Critique of Pure Reason, first Critique	1
Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason	1
Kant's Critical Philosophy	1
Kant’s transcendental idealism	1

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Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorWork, Critique of Pure Reason]

A. The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
B. A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
C. Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
D. Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
E. On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Critique of Pure Reason
Target entity description: Critique of Pure Reason is Immanuel Kant’s foundational philosophical work that revolutionized modern thought by examining the limits and capacities of human reason.

A. The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a short, accessible 1912 book by Bertrand Russell that introduces key issues in epistemology and metaphysics, such as the nature of reality, knowledge, and appearance versus reality.
B. A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
C. Principia Mathematica
Principia Mathematica is a landmark three-volume work in mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, co-authored by Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, which aimed to derive all mathematical truths from a formal system of symbolic logic.
D. Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose critical philosophy, especially in works like "Critique of Pure Reason," profoundly shaped modern epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics.
E. On Human Nature
On Human Nature is a landmark 1978 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the biological and evolutionary foundations of human behavior and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
F. None of above. chosen

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addresses	conflict between rationalism and empiricism ⓘ
aimsTo	critique metaphysics ⓘ determine the limits of human cognition ⓘ establish conditions of possibility of experience ⓘ
author	Immanuel Kant ⓘ
centralThesis	knowledge arises from the cooperation of sensibility and understanding ⓘ we can know appearances but not things in themselves ⓘ
containsPart	Transcendental Aesthetic ⓘ linked to: transcendental idealism Transcendental Analytic ⓘ Transcendental Dialectic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ linked to: Prussia
dividedInto	Transcendental Doctrine of Elements ⓘ linked to: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Transcendental Doctrine of Method ⓘ linked to: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
followedBy	Critique of Practical Reason ⓘ Critique of the Power of Judgment ⓘ
hasEdition	A edition ⓘ B edition ⓘ
hasGenre	philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasSubject	empiricism ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
historicalSignificance	revolutionized modern philosophy by proposing a Copernican revolution in metaphysics ⓘ
influenced	20th-century epistemology ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ⓘ linked to: G. W. F. Hegel German idealism ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ
introducesConcept	categories of the understanding ⓘ forms of intuition ⓘ ideas of pure reason ⓘ phenomena and noumena distinction ⓘ synthetic a priori judgments ⓘ thing in itself ⓘ transcendental apperception ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
mainTopic	epistemology ⓘ limits of human reason ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ possibility of metaphysics as a science ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ
originalTitle	Kritik der reinen Vernunft ⓘ linked to: Critique of Pure Reason
partOf	Kant's critical philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	German idealism ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ
publicationYear	1781 ⓘ
revisedEditionYear	1787 ⓘ

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