This outstanding collection of specially commissioned chapters examines German idealism from several angles and assesses the renewed interest in the subject from a wide range of fields. Including discussions of the key representatives of German idealism such as Kant, Fichte and Hegel, it is structured in clear sections dealing with: * metaphysics * the legacy of Hegel’s philosophy * Brandom and Hegel * recognition and agency * autonomy and nature * the philosophy of German romanticism.Amongst other important topics, German Idealism: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives addresses the debates surrounding the metaphysical and epistemological legacy of German idealism; its importance for understanding recent debates in moral and political thought; its appropriation in recent theories of language and the relationship between mind and world; and how German idealism affected subsequent movements such as romanticism, pragmatism, and critical theory.
Author(s): Espen Hammer
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 350
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Part I: German Idealism, Naturalism and Methaphysics......Page 28
1 THE LIMITS OF NATURALISM AND THE METAPHYSICS OF GERMAN IDEALISM......Page 30
2 FROM QUINE TO HEGEL: NATURALISM, ANTI-REALSIM AND MAIMON'S QUESTION QUID FACTI......Page 61
3 DARK DAYS: ANGLOPHONE SCHOLARSHIP SINCE THE 1960S......Page 81
Part II: The Legacy of Hegel's Philosophy......Page 102
4 HEGELIANS – YOUNG AND YOUNGER......Page 104
5 HABERMAS AND THE KANT-HEGEL CONTRAST......Page 124
Part III: Brandom and Hegel......Page 146
6 HEGEL AND BRANDOM ON NORMS, CONCEPTS AND LOGICAL CATEGORIES......Page 148
7 BRANDOM'S HEGEL......Page 164
Part IV: Recognition and Agency......Page 192
8 RECOGNITION AND EMBODIMENT......Page 194
9 LIBERAL RIGHTS AND LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM WITHOUT LIBERALISM: AGENCY AND RECOGNITION......Page 217
10 HEGEL, FICHTE AND THE PRAGMATIC CONTEXTS OF MORAL JUDEMENT......Page 236
Part V: Autonomy and Nature......Page 254
11 FREEDOM, SELF-LEGISLATION AND MORALITY IN KANT AND HEGEL: CONSTRUCTIVIST VS. REALIST ACCOUNTS......Page 256
12 FROM EPISTEMOLOGY TO AESTHETICS......Page 278
Part VI: From Epistemology to Art: The Philosophy of German Romanticism......Page 300
13 PHILOSOPHY AS 'INFINITE APPROXIMATION': Thoughts arising out of the 'Constellation' of Early German Romanticism......Page 302
14 GERMAN IDEALISM'S CONTESTED HERITAGE......Page 320
INDEX......Page 342
