probably never be widespread agreement concerning their intended meanings and relative importance. But in spite of the negative answer which the consensus of two centuries of interpretive scholarship has given to the question of the unity of Kant's System [cf. I.1], it seems incongruous to regard Kant as a 'megaphilosopher' and yet to confess that he failed in so basic a task. I shall therefore attempt in this chapter to reveal the architectonic unity of his entire System by providing an outline of its formal structure. My underlying goal will be to set the stage for an analysis of the content, and thus of the detailed arguments, of the three Critical systems [see Part Three]--one which could serve not only to facilitate more widespread agreement among interpreters, but also to help us understand why Kant believed his 'critical philosophy opens up the prospect of permanent peace among philosophers' [Kt33:416(288); see XII.3-4]....
