Phädon
Phädon

Author: Moses Mendelssohn

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780820495293

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Kant and his German Contemporaries : Volume 1, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Science and Ethics
Kant and his German Contemporaries : Volume 1, Logic, Mind, Epistemology, Science and Ethics

Author: Corey W. Dyck

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-11

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1108548563

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This collection of new essays, the first of its kind in English, considers the ways in which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant engages with the views of lesser-known eighteenth-century German thinkers. Each chapter casts new light on aspects of Kant's complex relationship with these figures, particularly with respect to key aspects of his logic, metaphysics, epistemology, theory of science, and ethics. The portrait of Kant that emerges is of a major thinker thoroughly engaged with his contemporaries - drawing on their ideas and approaches, targeting their arguments for criticism and responding to their concerns, and seeking to secure the legacy of his thought among them. This volume will open the door for further research on Kant and his methods of philosophical inquiry, while introducing readers to the distinctive and influential philosophical contributions of several previously neglected figures.

Leo Strauss on Moses Mendelssohn
Leo Strauss on Moses Mendelssohn

Author: Leo Strauss

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 0226922782

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"This book is an annotated translation of the introductions written by the young Leo Strauss to ten of Mendelssohn's writings."

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Author: Otfried Höffe

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-01-23

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 904812722X

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Kant’s "Critique of Pure Reason" is so outstanding among modern philosophical works, that it can be termed "the" foundation of modern philosophy. Schopenhauer termed it "the most important book ever to have been written in Europe." Otfried Höffe guides the reader through the "Critique" one step at a time, expounding Kant’s thoughts, submitting them to an interpretation and drawing a summary conclusion, placing the work and its topics within the context of its modern successors. A "critical" interpretation of Kant’s text reveals that he had something to say on many discussions that are said to have originated after his death. Reducing his argumentation to its central tenets, it can be made stronger and applicable to current problems. Kant’s eventual concern, however, even when writing theoretical philosophy, lay with the practical. Elaborating this concern and its connection to Kant’s theoretical philosophy is a prime tenet of this book.

Kant and Rational Psychology
Kant and Rational Psychology

Author: Corey Dyck

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 019968829X

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Corey W. Dyck presents a new account of Kant's criticism of the rational investigation of the soul in the 'Critique of Pure Reason', in light of its 18th-century German context. He reinterprets the aims and results of the Paralogisms, and illuminates Kant's discussion of the soul's substantiality, simplicity, personality, and existence.

Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill
Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill

Author: Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1995-02-17

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 0773564128

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Jacobi's polemical tract Concerning the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Herr Moses Mendelssohn propelled him to notoriety in 1785. This work, as well as David Hume on Faith, or Idealism and Realism, Jacobi to Fichte, and the novel Allwill, is included in George di Giovanni's translation. In a comprehensive introductory essay di Giovanni situates Jacobi in the historical and philosophical context of his time, and shows how Jacobi's life and work reflect the tensions inherent in the late Enlightenment.

New Perspectives on the Haskalah
New Perspectives on the Haskalah

Author: Shmuel Feiner

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2001-06-01

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1909821314

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Revises our understanding of the relationship between the Haskalah, Orthodoxy, and hasidism, reassesses the role of key individuals in the movement, and offers a new, more nuanced, definition of the Haskalah. Should be of interest to all students of modern Jewish history, literature, and culture in eighteenth-century Germany and eastern Europe in the nineteenth century.