The Cambridge edition of the works of Immanuel Kant

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This volume is part of the first comprehensive English edition of Immanuel Kant's works, aiming to provide translations from the best modern German edition in a uniform format for scholars. The complete edition will encompass all of Kant's published writings and a selection of unpublished works, including the Opus postumum, Nachlass, lectures, and correspondence. Kant's views on logic are pivotal in his critical writings, notably the Critique of Pure Reason. Since he published only one brief essay on logic, understanding his perspectives requires examining texts from his logic lectures. This volume features three previously untranslated transcripts of Kant's logic lectures: the Blumberg Logic from the 1770s, the Vienna Logic (with the newly discovered Hechsel Logic) from the early 1780s, and the Dohna-Wundlacken Logic from the early 1790s. Additionally, it includes a new translation of the Jasche Logic, compiled at Kant's request and published in 1800. These texts illuminate Kant's evolving views on logic, its relationship with other disciplines, and key concepts central to his philosophy. They also portray Kant as a popular and influential lecturer. The volume contains substantial editorial apparatus, including a general introduction, linguistic and factual notes, glossaries of key terms, and a concordance linking Kant's lectures to George Frederick Meier's Excerpts from the Doctrine of Reason.