Essays on Kant / Henry E. Allison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, Henry E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Philosophy, German--18th century.

Philosophy, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents 17 essays by one of the world's leading scholars on Kant. Henry E. Allison explores the nature of transcendental idealism, freedom of the will and the concept of the purposiveness of nature. He places Kant's views in their historical context and explores their contemporary relevance to present day philosophers. This volume comprises seventeen essays by Henry E. Allison, one of the world's leading Kant scholars. They cover virtually the full spectrum of Allison's work on Kant, ranging from his epistemology, metaphysics, and moral theory to his views on teleology, political philosophy, the philosophy of history, and the philosophy of religion. But most of the essays revolve around three basic themes: the nature of transcendental idealism and its relation to other aspects of Kant's thought;freedom of the will; and the concept of the purposiveness of nature. The first two themes have been prominent in Allison's work on Kant since its inception. The essays on the third theme constitute a major new contribution to the understanding of Kant's 'critical' philosophy; their primary concernis to demonstrate the central place of the third Critique in Kant's thought. Among the notable features of Allison's essays is the presence of a significant comparative dimension, which places Kant's views in their historical context and explores their contemporary relevance. To this end, these views are contrasted with those of his major predecessors and immediate successors, as well as philosophers of the present day.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on sources and key to abbreviations and translations

Introduction

Part I

1. Commentary on Section Nine of the Antinomy of Pure Reason

2. Where Have all the Categories Gone? Reflections on Longuenesse's Reading of Kant's Transcendental Deduction

A Response to a Response: An Addendum to "Where Have all the Categories Gone?"

3. Kant and the Two Dogmas of Rationalism

4. Transcendental Realism, Empirical Realism, and Transcendental Idealism

Part II

5. We Can Act Only Under the Idea of Freedom

6. On the Very Idea of a Propensity to Evil

7. Kant's Practical Justification of Freedom

8. The Singleness of the Categorical Imperative

9. Kant on Freedom of the Will

Part III

10. Is the Critique of Judgment "Post-Critical"?

11. Reflective Judgment and the Application of Logic to Nature: Kant's Deduction of the Principle of Purposiveness as an Answer to Hume

12. The Critique of Judgment as a "True Apology" for Leibniz

13. Kant's Antinomy of Teleological Judgment

Part IV

14. The Gulf between Nature and Freedom and Nature's Guarantee of Perpetual Peace

15. Kant's Conception of Aufklärung

16. Teleology and History in Kant: The Critical Foundations of Kant's Philosophy of History

17. Reason, Revelation, and History in Lessing and Kant

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-57649-X

9786613888945

0-19-163152-3