Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science is a book by German philosopher Immanuel Kant, published in 1783, two years after the first edition of his Critiq
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Immanuel Kant portrait c 1790
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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic nature or most fundamental structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study of mind-independent features of the world, but so
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
…the poor reception of the Critique of Pure Reason, and here he repeatedly emphasizes the importance of its critical project for the very existence of metaphysics as a science. The final appendix contains a response to an unfavorable review of the Critique. Kant declared that the Prolegomena are for the use of…
The beginning of Aristotle's Metaphysics, one of the foundational texts of the discipline
Immanuel Kant conceived metaphysics from the perspective of critical philosophy as the study of the principles underlying all human thought and experience.
David Hume criticizes metaphysicians for trying to gain knowledge outside the field of sensory experience.
Boethius's theory of universals influenced many subsequent metaphysicians.