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1 TABLE OF CONTENTSl TlTLE PAGE OF FIRST EDITION (in replica) PAGB TITLE PAGE OF SECOND EDlTION (not in replica) 3 MOTTO 4 DEDlCATION 5 PREFACE TO FIRST EDlTIO~ 7 PREFACE TO SECOND EDlTlO~ 17 T ABLE OF CONTENTS OF FIRST EDlTION 39 INTRODUCTlON 41 I. The Distinction between Pure and Empirical Knowledge 41 II. We are in possession of certain Modes of apriori Knowledge, and even the Common Understanding is never without ili~ ~ III. Philosophy stands in need oc a Science to determine the Possibility, the Principles, and the Extent of au apriori Knowledge 45 IV. The Distinction between Analytic and Synthetic Judgments. 48 V. In all Theoretical Sciences oc Reason Synthetic apriori Judgments are contained as Principles 52 VI. The General Problem oc Pure Reason 55 VII. The Idea and Division oc a Special Science, under the title "Critique oc Pure Reason" 58 I. TRANSCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF ELEMENTS FIRST PART. TRANSCENDENT"~L AESTHETIC Introduction Section I. Space Section 2. Time Genera! Observations on the Transcendental Aesthetic 1 [This tahle oe contents, with a few adclitions referring to Sections omitted, altered, or added in B, is the tahle given in B. The hriefer tahle of A is giveu below on p. 39.] ix

2 ... x KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON... GII SECOND PART. TRANSCENDE:-'TAL LOGIC 92 Introduction. Idea of a Transcendental Logic 92 I. Logie in General 92 'II. Transeendental Logic 9S " III. The Division of General Logie into Analytic and Dialeetie 97 IV. The Division of Transeendental Logie into Transeendcntal Analytie and DiaJeetie. 100 FIRST DIVISlON. TRA~SCENDENTAL ANALYTIC 102 Book 1. AnaJytic of Coneepts 103 Chapter I. The Clue to the Discovery of ah Pure Concepts of the Understanding 104 Section I. The Logical Ernployrnent of the Understanding in general los Section 2. The LogicaJ Function of the Understanding in Judgments 106 Section 3. The Pure Concepts of the Understanding, or Categories Chapter II. The Deduction of the Pure Concepts of Understanding, 120 Section I. The Principles of any Transeendental Deduction 120 Transition to the Transcendental Deduetion ofthe Categories 125 Section 2. Transcendental Deduction of the Pure Concepts of Understanding 129 Deduction as in First Edition 129 Deduction as in Second Edition 151 Book II. Analytic of Principles 170 Introduetion. Transcendental J udgrnent in General 177 Chapter I. The Schematism of the Pure Concepts of Understanding 180 Chapter II. System of ah Principles of Pure Understanding 188 Section I. The Highest Princi pie of ah Analytic J udgrnents 189 Section 2. The Highest Principle of au Synthetic Judgrnents 191 Section 3. Systematic Representation of au the Synthetic Principles of Pure Understanding 194 I, Axiorns of lntuition Anticipations of Pereeption 201 I I I

3 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS xi 'AG& Analogies of Experience 208 First Analogy. Princi pie of Permanence of Substance. 212 Second Analogy. Princi pie of Succession in Time, in acconlance with the Law of Causality 2111 Third Analogy. Princi pie of Coexistence, in accordance with the Law of Reciprocity or Community 233 The Postulates of Empirical Thought in general 239 Refutation of Idealism 244 General Note on the System of the Principles 25 2 Chapter lil Thc Ground of the Distinction of ah Objects in general into Phenomcna and Noumena 257 Appendix. The Amphiboly of Concepts of Reflection 276 Note to the Amphiboly of Concepts of Reflection 281 SECOND Dn'ISION. TRANSCENDENTAL DIALECTIC 297 Introd ucti on 297 I. Transcendental lilusion 297 II. Pure Reason as the Seat of Trllnscendental IHusion 300 A. Reason in General 300 B. The Logical Employment of Reason 303 C. The Pure Employment of Reason 305 Book I. The Concepts of Pure Reason 308 Section I. The ldeas in General 309 Section 2. The Transcendental ldeas 315 Section 3. System of the Transcendental ldeas 322 Book II. The Dialéctical lnferences of Pure Reason 327 Chapter I. The Paralogisms of Pure Reason 328 The Paralogisms as in First Edition 333 The Paralogisms as in Second Edition :68 Chapter II. The Antinomy of Pure Reason 384 Section I. Sy~tem of Cosmological I deas 386 Section 2. Antithetic of Pure Reason 393 First Antinomy 396 Second Antinomy 402 Third Antinomy 409 Fourth Antinomy 415

4 ... xii KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON PAGIt Section 3. The Interest of Reason in these Conflicts 422 Section 4. The Absolute Necessity of a Solution of the Transcendental Problems of Pure Reason 430 Section 5. Sceptical Represcntation of the Cosmological Questions in thc Four Transcendental Ideas 436 Section 6. Transcendental Idealism as the Key to the Solution of the Cosmological Dialectic 439 Section 7. Critical Solution of the Cosmological Confiict of Rcason with itself 443 Section 8. The Regulative Princi pic of Pure Reason in its application to the Cosmological Ideas 449 Section 9. The Empirical Employment of the Regulative Principle of Reason, in respect of ah Cosmological Ideas Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Composition of the Appearances of a Cosmic Whole 455 II. Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of Division of a Whole given in Intuition 459 Concluding Note and Preliminary Observation 461 III. Solution of the Cosmological ldea of Totality in the Derivation of Cosmical Events {rom their Causes 464 Possibi!ity of Causality through Freedom 467 Explanation of the Cosmological Idea of Freedom 469 IV. Solution of the Cosmological Idea of the Totality of the Dependence of Appearances as regards their Existence in genera! 479 Concluding Note on thc whole Antinomy of Pure Reason 483 Chapter III. The Ideal of Pure Reason 485 Section 1. The Ideal in genera! 485 Section 2. The Transcendental Idea! 487 Section 3. The Arguments of Speculative Reason in Proof of the Existence of a Supreme Being 495 Section 4. The Impossibility of an Onto!ogica! Proof of the Existence of God 500 Section 5. The Impossibility of a Cosmological Proof of the Existence of God 507 Discovery and Explanation of the Dialectical Illusion in ah Transcendental Proofs of the Existence of a Kecessary Being 514 Section 6. The lmpossibility of the Physico-theological Proof 518 Section 7. Critique of ah Theology based upon Speculative Principles of Reason 525

5 T ABLE OF CONTENTS PAGB Appendix to the Transccnclcntal Dialectic 532 The Regulative Employmcnt of the Ideas of Pure Reason. 532 The Fina! Purpose of the Natural Dia!ectic of Human Re;"on 549 II. TRA!\'SCENDENTAL DOCTRINE OF METHOD Introduction 573 Chapter I. The Discipline of Pure R",ason 574 Section I. The Discipline of Pure Reason in its Do;rmatic Employment 576 Sectioll 2. The Discipline of Pure ReaSOll in respect of its Polemical Employmcnt. 593 Impossibility of a Sceptica! Satisfactioll of the Pure Reasoll that is in Conflict with itself 605 Section 3. The Discipline of Pure Reason in respect of Hypotheses 612 Section 4. The Discipline of Pure Reason in respect of its Prooh 621 Chapter II. The Canon of Pure Reason 629 Sectioll I. The Ultimate End of the Pure Employmcnt of our Reason 630 Section 2. The Ideal of the Highest Good, as a Determining Ground of the Ultimate End of Pure ReaSOll 635 Section 3. Opining, Knowing. and Believing 645 Chapter III. The Architectonic of Pure Reason Chapter IV. The History of Pure Reason 666 Index 671

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