Perspectives on Kant’s Opus postumum

<P>This book offers new perspectives on the theoretical elements of the <I>Opus postumum (OP)</I>, Kant’s project of a final work which remained unknown until eighty years after his death. The contributors read the <I>OP </I>as a central work in establishing the relation between Kant’s transcendental philosophy, his natural philosophy, practical philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and his broader epistemology.</P><P>Interpreting the <I>OP </I>is an important task because it helps reveal how Kant himself tried to correct and develop his critical philosophy. It also sheds light on the foundational role of the three <I>Critiques</I> <EM>for other philosophical inquiries</EM>, as well as the unified philosophical system that Kant sought to establish. The chapters in this volume address a range of topics relevant to the epistemological and theoretical problems raised in the <I>OP</I>, including the transition from the <I>Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science</I> to physics as an answer to a deficiency in critical thought; the notion of ether and, more specifically, its transcendental deduction; self-affection and the self-positing of the subject; and the idea of God and the system of ideas in the highest standpoint of transcendental philosophy.</P><P><I>Perspectives on Kant’s Opus postumum</I> will be of interest to upper-level students and scholars working on Kant.</P>