Kant and idealism / Tom Rockmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rockmore, Tom, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Idealism.

Physical Description:

286 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]

Summary:

The distinguished scholar and philosopher Tom Rockmore examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion--idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, he surveys and classifies some of its major forms, giving particular attention to Kant. He argues that Kant provides the all-important link between three main types of idealism: those associated with Plato, the new way of ideas, and German idealism. The author also makes a case for the contemporary relevance of at least one strand in the tangled idealist web, a strand most clearly identified with Kant: constructivism. In terms of the philosophical tradition, Rockmore contends, constructivism offers a lively, interesting, and important approach to knowledge after the decline of metaphysical realism.

Contents:

Idealism, platonic idealism, and the new way of ideas

German idealism, British idealism, and later developments

Some main criticisms of idealism

Idealism, constructivism, and knowledge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-269) and index.

ISBN:

0300120087

OCLC:

70219844

Publisher Number:

9780300120080