Kant and Eighteenth-Century German Philosophy : Contexts, Influences and Controversies / edited by Andree Hahmann and Stefan Klingner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hahmann, Andree, editor.

Klingner, Stefan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Philosophy, German--18th century.

Philosophy, German.

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804--History and criticism.

Kant, Immanuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

The purpose of this anthology is to bring together in one volume some of the texts published in the series "Werkprofile", which focus on Kant's relationship to his philosophical contemporaries and predecessors, and to make them accessible to a wider audience in English. In doing so, the volume is aimed at those who have an interest in better understanding the premises of Kant's philosophy, its historical context, and the development of many of Kant's fundamental ideas. As it is often hard to glean philosophical motivation directly from reading Kant's texts, understanding Kant's commitment to answering certain questions and his silence on others, requires a historical approach. This broader purview will also be helpful for grasping deeper systematic questions at work throughout Kant's philosophy. The anthology thus aims at inviting a more wide-angled view of Kant's philosophy by focusing on overlooked references and historical figures. Scholarship on these references is still at an early stage, even though important steps have been taken in this direction in recent years. The aim of our volume is to build on this development and to supplement and expand the content of existing research.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Kant in the Context of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophy: Some Preliminary Reflections

Part I: Contexts

Analyzing Apperception [Gewahrnehmen]

Between Empirical Psychology and Transcendental Philosophy: Ernst Platner on the Feeling of Self

The Debate on the Fundamental Powers of the Soul: Crusius, Platner, Kant, and Schmid

C. C. E. Schmid on Kant's Distinction Between Sensibility and Understanding

Between Hume and Kant: The Foundation of Morality in Feder's Inquiries on the Human Will

Part II: Influences

Crusius and Kant on Distinctness, Certainty, and Method in Philosophy

Johann Georg Sulzer and the Beginnings of Kant's Doctrine of Three Faculties

Lambert, Kant and Solidity: A Matter of Method

Johann Georg Sulzer's "Mixed Doctrine of Morals": A Contribution to the History of the Development of Kant's Ethics Between 1770 and 1785

Dependence and Obedience: Crusius' Concept of Obligation and its Influence on Kant's Moral Philosophy

Part III: Controversies

Human Dignity: The Garve-Kant Controversy

"These Objections are Therefore Nothing but Misunderstandings": Kant's Critique of Garve in His Essay On the Common Saying

The "Entire Human Being" Rather Than "Pure Reason": Feder's Philosophische Bibliothek and His Review of the Kritik der praktischen Vernunft

"On this Occasion, I cannot but […] speak a few words with Mr. Kant": On the Meiners-Kant Controversy 1786

Meiners's Critique of Kant

Abbreviations of Kant's Works

Bibliography

Index of Names

Sources.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-11-079385-7