290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1951, In Defence of Reason is a series of philosophical essays written at various times. Some of them are devoted to the interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, a subject which the author has made specially his own. Many of them, however, are concerned with more general topics, among which may be mentioned fashion and philosophy, self-identity, and Existentialism as an attitude... Read more

1. Fashion and Philosophy  2. Kant’s Analysis of Experience  3. The Key to Kant’s Deduction of the Categories  4. Is the Transcendental Deduction a Patchwork?  5. ‘Kant’s So-called Copernican Revolution’  6. Self-Identity  7. Can Reason be Practical?  8. Kant’s Idea of the Good  9. The Alleged Independence of Goodness  10. The Emotive Theory of Ethics  11. Existentialism as an Attitude to Life  12. Justice Among Nations  13. Kant’s Views on International Law  14. Plato’s Theory of EIKAEIA

Biography

H.J. Paton (1887–1969) was White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford and Fellow of the British Academy.

Review of the first publication:

‘The book as a whole may be strongly recommended both for content and expression.’

A.C. Ewing