Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important work in western philosophy. The book introduces and assesses: * Kant's life and background of the Critique of Pure Reason
* the ideas and text of the Critique of Pure Reason
* the continuing relevance of Kant's work to contemporary philosophy. Ideal for anyone coming to Kant's thought for the first time. This guide will be vital reading for all students of Kant in philosophy.

Sebastian Gardner is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College London. He is the author of Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis.

Chapter 1 The Problem of Metaphysics; Chapter 2 The Possibility of Objects; Chapter 3 How are Synthetic a Priori Judgements Possible? (The Introduction); Chapter 4 The Sensible Conditions of Objects (The Aesthetic); Chapter 5 Transcendental Idealism; Chapter 6 The Conceptual Conditions of Objects (The Analytic); Chapter 7 Unknowable Objects (The Dialectic); Chapter 8 The Meaning of Transcendental Idealism; Chapter 9 The Complete Critical System (The Canon of Pure Reason); Chapter 10 The Reception and Influence of the Critique;