This entirely new translation of Critique of Pure Reason is the most accurate and informative English translation ever produced of this epochal philosophical text. Though its simple and direct style will make it suitable for all new readers of Kant, the translation displays an unprecedented philosophical and textual sophistication that will enlighten Kant scholars as well. This translation recreates as far as possible a text with the same interpretative nuances and richness as the original. The extensive editorial apparatus includes informative annotation, detailed glossaries, an index, and a large-scale general introduction in which two of the world's preeminent Kant scholars provide both a succinct summary of the structure and argument of the Critique and a detailed account of its long and complex genesis.

本书为康德著作全集第4卷，收入了康德1781-1786年间的著作，包括：纯粹理性批判（第1版）、未来形而上学导论、道德形而上学的奠基、自然科学的形而上学初始根据。此四部著作是康德思想发展重的重要环节，对研究康德思想具有重要的参考价值。本卷收入的《纯粹理性批判》（第1版）可与我社出版的《康德著作全集》（第3版）、《纯粹理性批判》（第2卷）相对照。

本书将游历康德哲学的旅程划分为三个部分，第一部分集中于第一批判和康德关于自然哲学的著作，第二部分集中于第二批判和康德的道德哲学，第三部分集中于第三批判和调和哲学，富有条理地系统阐述康德的哲学，便于读者把握其思想体系。