Karl Ameriks

'Karl Ameriks, in his splendid book, learnedly and carefully argues that Kant did not burn all his bridges to the realm of things-in-themselves but permitted reason, if not empirical science, an important but exiguous entry... It is the great merit of Ameriks's indispensable study that it allows us to locate Kant squarely in his own time and place... not only the best commentary we have in English on Kant's philosophy of mind, but one of the most stimulating perspectives on Kant's whole philosophy to appear for some time.' -Flint Schier, Times Literary Supplement'For any work involving Kant's views on human nature and the critical response those views have generated,Kant's Theory of Mind is an excellent sourcebook... Despite the wealth of material it contains, the book is orderly and easy to find things in.' -Gordon Nagel, Canadian Journal of Philosophy'a useful contribution to Kant scholarship.' -Patricia Kitcher, Philosophical Review'This stimulating study... encompasses far more than the paralogisms: substantial space is devoted to Kant's view on the nature of embodiment, freedom, and transcendent idealism; and thorough use is made not only of Kant's published books but also of his recently edited lectures. Much current scholarship dealing with the philosophy of mind in general as well as with Kant is drawn on to aid the explication and evaluation of Kant's position, and the result will interest students in both areas.' -Choice'impressive in... scholarship and argument' -Times Higher Education Supplement'Dans la masse présente des études kantiennes du domaine anglo-saxon, un ouvrage tel que celui-ci s'impose aussi bien par l'ampleur de l'information et le renouvellement des vues proposées que par les qualités de réflexion philosophique.' -Revue philosophique

An Analysis of the Paralogisms of Pure Reason

Kant's Theory of Mind

Hank-McMahon Professor of Philosophy Karl Ameriks

This text presents a survey and evaluation of Kant's theory of mind. It focuses on Kant's discussion of the Paralogisms in the Critique of Pure Reason, and examines how the themes raised there are treated in the rest of Kant's writings.

Reinhold's Letters on the Kantian Philosophy is arguably the most influential book ever written concerning Kant. It propelled Kant's Critical Philosophy, which had previously enjoyed an equivocal reception, into the central position which it has held to this day. It also brought fame to Reinhold, who became a professor at Jena and later developed his own "Elementary Philosophy". This volume presents the first English translation of the work, together with an introduction that sets it in its philosophical and historical contexts.

Reinhold: Letters on the Kantian Philosophy

Jürgen Stolzenberg

Der Deutsche Idealismus gehört zu den bedeutendsten und wirkungsmächtigsten Epochen der neuzeitlichen Philosophie. Die Verständigung über den Begriff der Philosophie und über das, was philosophische Theoriebildung zu leisten vermag, wurde entscheidend von der systematischen Philosophie nach Kant geprägt und wird bis heute von ihr in Bewegung gehalten. In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Erforschung des Deutschen Idealismus einen bemerkenswerten Aufschwung erfahren - und dies im internationalen Ausmaß. Besonders im angloamerikanischen Sprachraum ist ein zunehmendes Interesse festzustellen; aber auch in Frankreich, Italien, Spanien und in Japan ist eine Intensivierung der Forschung unübersehbar. Damit ist eine internationale Forschungssituation gegeben, die durch eine Vielzahl philosophischer Interessen, methodischer Ausrichtungen und kultureller Traditionen geprägt ist. Das Internationale Jahrbuch des Deutschen Idealismus reagiert auf diese Situation. Es stellt der internationalen Forschung zum Deutschen Idealismus ein Forum der Diskussion zur Verfügung und macht es sich zur Aufgabe, die vergleichende Untersuchung von Theorien und Problemen des Deutschen Idealismus zu intensivieren und auf internationalem Niveau zu bündeln. Zugleich nimmt es sich der Themen an, die für die gegenwärtigen philosophischen Debatten von zentraler Bedeutung sind.

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Metaphysik / Metaphysics

This updated edition offers a comprehensive, penetrating, and informative guide to what is regarded as the classical period of German philosophy. Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and Schelling are all discussed in detail, along with contemporaries such as Hlderlin, Novalis, and Schopenhauer, whose influence was considerable but whose work is less well known in the English-speaking world. Leading scholars trace and explore the unifying themes of German Idealism and discuss its relationship to Romanticism, the Enlightenment, and the culture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe. This second edition offers an updated bibliography and includes three entirely new chapters, which address aesthetic reflection and human nature, the chemical revolution after Kant, and organism and system in German Idealism. The result is an illuminating overview of a rich and complex philosophical movement, and will appeal to a wide range of interested readers in philosophy, literature, theology, German studies, and the history of ideas.

The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism

Otfried Höffe

Nicholas Walker

Otfried Hoeffe

This collection brings together in translation for the first time the finest postwar German-language scholarship on Kant's moral and legal philosophy. Several essays are devoted to central issues in each of Kant's major works in practical philosophy: The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals. This is one of the very few books that give English readers a direct view of how leading German philosophers now regard one of the outstanding achievements of German thought: Kant's revolutionary practical philosophy.

Kant's Moral and Legal Philosophy

Dieter Sturma

Provides a thorough background study of the postmodern assault on the standpoint of the subject as a foundation for philosophy, and assesses what remains today of the philosophy of subjectivity.

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