Kant's Empirical Realism [Hardcover]

Paul Abela presents a powerful, experience-sensitive form of realism about the relation between mind and world, based on an innovative interpretation of Kant. Abela breaks with tradition in taking seriously Kant's claim that his Transcendental Idealism yields a form of empirical realism, and giving a realist analysis of major themes of theCritique of Pure Reason.Abela's blending of Kantian scholarship with contemporary epistemology offers a new way of resolving philosophical debates about realism.

1. Empirical Realism and the Priority of Judgement
2. Judgement and Empirical Intuition
3. Judgement and the Manifold of Appearance
4. Truth and the Constraint of Possible Experience
5. The Role of the Ideal of Systemacity: A Realist Interpretation
Bibliography, Index

Kant's Empirical Realismchallenges and enriches our understanding of Kant's philosophy...a rewarding book; the writing is clear, the structure is helpful and he uses some vivid examples. --Lucy Allais,Times Literary Supplement

In his ambitious and readable book, Paul Abela wants to show how much damage has been done to our understanding of Kant by the influence of anti-realism and its underlying 'epistemic humanism'...consistently interesting. --Robert Stern,Mind

Paul Abelais Associate Professor of Philosophy at Acadia University, Nova Scotia.