Thinking through the Wissenschaftslehre : themes from Fichte's early philosophy / Daniel Breazeale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breazeale., author.

Contributor:

Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814. Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre.

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb.

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814. Wissenschaftslehre nova methodo.

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 460 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Themes from Fichte's early philosophy

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Daniel Breazeale presents a critical study of the early philosophy of J.G. Fichte, and the version of the Wissenschaftslehre that Fichte developed between 1794 and 1799. He examines what Fichte was trying to accomplish and how he proposed to do so, and explores the difficulties implicit in his project and his strategies for overcoming them.

Contents:

Wishful thinking and the postulates of practical reason

The Aenesidemus review and the transformation of German idealism

"Real synthetic thinking" and the principle of determinability

"A pragmatic history of the human mind"

The spirit of the early Wissenschaftslehre

The divided self and the tasks of philosophy

Anstoss, abstract realism, and the finitude of the I

Intellectual intuition

Skepticism and Wissenschaftslehre

Circles and grounds

Idealism vs. dogmatism

The interests of reason

The standpoint of life and the standpoint of philosophy

The problematic primacy of the practical.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-876867-2

0-19-176315-2

0-19-150990-6

OCLC:

874147909