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Part 1. Kant's pre-critical modal metaphysics: Logicism and ontotheism -- Is existence a real predicate? -- Real conflict, real grounds, real possibility -- Grounding possibility -- Kant's modal argument -- Part 2. Kant's critical modal metaphysics: Real possibility and the critical turn -- Three kinds of real possibility -- Nomic necessity -- The unity of Kant's modal metaphysics -- The antimony of Kant's modal metaphysics

Nicholas F. Stang explores Kant's theory of possibility, from the precritical period of the 1750-60s to the critical system initiated by the 'Critique of Pure Reason' in 1781. He argues that the key to understanding the relationship between these periods lies in Kant's reorientation of an ontological question towards a transcendental approach

For much of its history, analytic Kant scholarship has been dominated by the idea of Kant as a deeply anti-metaphysical philosopher. But in the last quarter century, analytically inclined Kant scholars have increasingly become skeptical of interpreting Kant as a philosopher who wished to truly "leave metaphysics behind." Although such readings interpret Kant's metaphysics in radically different ways, they share a common commitment to the idea that Kant's philosophy cannot be properly understood without careful attention to its metaphysical presuppositions and, in particular, to how those metaphysical presuppositions are compatible with Kant's critique of more "dogmatic" forms of metaphysical thought. This volume brings together a variety of leading figures in this renaissance in interest in "the metaphysical Kant." These authors approach Kant's thought from a wide variety of different perspectives-emphasizing, not just the familiar Leibnizian background to Kant's metaphysics, but also its broadly Aristotelian underpinnings and its relationship with metaphysical themes in post-Kantian German Idealism. Similarly, although most of the chapters in this volume relate in some way to the familiar question of how to best interpret Kant's transcendental idealism, they also deal with a wide range of other topics, ranging from Kant's modal metaphysics to his views on the continuum to his epistemology of the a priori to the foundations of his "metaethical" views. Thus, we hope this volume will contribute to longstanding debates about the metaphysical and epistemological foundations of Kant's project, while also opening up new topics in Kant scholarship.