Pluhar Werner S. : Pennsylvania State University Fayette Campus
Werner S. Pluhar is Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette.
Watkins Eric : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Eric Watkins is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Review
�Eric Watkins has done a fine job of abridging the Critique to a manageable size while preserving those
sections most often assigned in a survey course, including enough of the Analytic to provide a continuous
argument. Students will get a good sense of the whole from the parts he includes. I recommend it enthusiastically.�
--Kenneth R. Winkler, Wellesley College
Hackett Publishing Company Web Site, August, 2000
Summary
This thoughtful abridgment makes an ideal introduction to Kant�s Critique of Pure Reason. Key selections
include: the Preface in B, the Introduction, the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Second Analogy, the Refutation of
Idealism, the first three Antinomies, the Transcendental Deduction in B, and the Canon of Pure Reason. A brief
introduction provides biographical information, descriptions of the nature of Kant�s project and of how each major
section of the Critique contributes to that project. A select bibliography and index are also included.
