Publisher's Synopsis
The Critique of Pure Reason is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant in which the author tries to determine the limits and scope of metaphysics. It is also referred to as Kant's "first critique", followed by a critique of his practical reason (1788) and a critique of his judgment (1790). In the preface to the first edition, Kant explains that he means "the critique of pure reason," the critique of "the intellect in general, given all the knowledge which may then strive independently of any experience," and that he intended It is about deciding and designing about the "possibility or impossibility of metaphysics."