Critique of Pure Reason

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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1. Who wrote Critique of Pure Reason?Immanuel Kant
2. When was Critique of Pure Reason born?April 22, 1724
3. Where was Critique of Pure Reason born?Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia)
4. When did Critique of Pure Reason die?February 12, 1804 (age 79)
5. What is the publication year?1781 (First Edition)
6. What is the key philosophical stance?Transcendental Idealism

Synthetic a priori judgments: Knowledge that is both informative about the world and known independently of experience.
Categories of Understanding: Innate mental concepts (e.g., causality, substance) that structure our experience.
Transcendental Deduction: Kant's argument for the objective validity of the categories of understanding.
Antinomies: Contradictory conclusions reached by reason when applied beyond possible experience.