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Article: Kant and the Reach of Reason: Studies in Kant's Theory of Rational Systematization. (Book reviews: summaries and comments).(Brief Article)
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- The Review of Metaphysics
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- March 1, 2001
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RESCHER, Nicholas. Kant and the Reach of Reason: Studies in Kant's Theory of Rational Systematization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. viii + 258 pp. Cloth, $54.95; paper, $19.95--Nicholas Rescher is a self-described "working philosopher" (p. 4) whose many works uniquely combine the deep epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical themes of classical American pragmatism and idealism in the tradition of Peirce and Royce, with crisp logico-analytic techniques in the tradition of Quine and Sellars. Kant and the Reach of Reason, a collection of nine essays spanning three decades (three from the 1970s, two from the 1980s, and four from the 1990s), shows that ...