Kant's Transition Project and Late Philosophy

<i>Kant's Transition Project and Late Philosophy</i> is the first study to provide a close reading of the connection between texts written by Kant during 1796 and 1798. Connecting Kant's unfinished book project the<i> Opus postumum </i>with the <i>Metaphysics of Morals</i> it identifies and clarifies issues at the forefront of Kant's focus towards the end of his life. <br/> <br/> Labelled by Kant as the Transition Project+? the <i>Opus postumum</i> generates debate among commentators as to why Kant describes the project as filling a gap+? within his system of critical philosophy. This study argues for a pervasive transition project that can be traced through Kant's entire critical philosophy and is the key to addressing current debates in the scholarship.<br/> <br/> By showing that there is not only a Transition Project in Kant's theoretical philosophy but also a Transition Project in his practical philosophy it reveals why an accurate assessment of Kant's critical philosophy requires a new understanding of the<i> Opus postumum </i>and Kant's parallel late writings on practical philosophy. Rather than seeing Kant's late thoughts on a Transition as afterthoughts they must be seen at the centre of his critical philosophy.