Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy - A Systematic Reconstruction

Informationen zum Autor Eckart Forster is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is also Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Klappentext Kant declared that philosophy began in 1781 with his Critique of Pure Reason. In 1806 Hegel announced that it had been completed. FOrster assesses the steps that led from Kant's "beginning" to Hegel's "end" and concludes that both Kant and Hegel were indeed right. His study reveals Goethe's significant contribution to post-Kantian thinking. Kant maintained that philosophy finally had begun with his Critique of Pure Reason in 1781. In 1806, Hegel claimed that philosophy was now completed. Therefore, philosophy existed for only 25 years. In this masterful book, Forster examines the conceptions of philosophy held by Kant and Hegel that required them to make such seemingly extravagant pronouncements. Forster argues that, astonishingly, they were correct. To do this, he provides synthetic and critical examinations of not only the crucial texts and arguments of Kant and Hegel but also those of Spinoza, Jacobi, Fichte, Goethe, Herder, and Schelling. Forster's command of the historical sources is most impressive. Moreover, this book is clearly written, and Bowman's translation is commendable. Scholars and graduate students will welcome this masterpiece. -- J. M. Fritzman Choice 20120901 Kant declared that philosophy began in 1781 with his Critique of Pure Reason. In 1806 Hegel announced that it had been completed. Forster assesses the steps that led from Kant's "beginning" to Hegel's "end" and concludes that both Kant and Hegel were indeed right. His study reveals Goethe's significant contribution to post-Kantian thinking.

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Contents Prologue: A Beginning of Philosophy Part I: "Kant has given the results . . ." 1. Kant's "Revolution of the Mode of Thought" 2. Critique and Morals 3. From A to B 4. How to Become a Spinozist 5. From One Make Three 6. The "Critical Enterprise": Complete? 7. The "Critical Enterprise": Incomplete Part II: ". . . the premises are still missing" 8. Fichte's "Complete Revolution of the Mode of Thought" 9. Morals and Critique 10. Spiritus sive natura? 11. The Methodology of the Intuitive Understanding 12. Does Philosophy Have a History? 13. Hegel's "Voyages of Discovery": Incomplete 14. Hegel's "Voyages of Discovery": Complete Epilogue: An End of Philosophy Translator's Note Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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Kant maintained that philosophy finally had begun with his Critique of Pure Reason in 1781. In 1806, Hegel claimed that philosophy was now completed. Therefore, philosophy existed for only 25 years. In this masterful book, Förster examines the conceptions of philosophy held by Kant and Hegel that required them to make such seemingly extravagant pronouncements. Förster argues that, astonishingly, they were correct. To do this, he provides synthetic and critical examinations of not only the crucial texts and arguments of Kant and Hegel but also those of Spinoza, Jacobi, Fichte, Goethe, Herder, and Schelling. Förster's command of the historical sources is most impressive. Moreover, this book is clearly written, and Bowman's translation is commendable. Scholars and graduate students will welcome this masterpiece.
-- J. M. Fritzman Choice
Eckart Förster has written one of the most important books on German philosophy to have appeared in several decades, important both for the many new things it has to teach us about the history of the "twenty-five years" of philosophy, and for its remarkable contributions to philosophy itself. A truly path-breaking achievement.
-- Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago
In this book, a great Kant scholar asks two fundamental questions about the extraordinary period of German philosophy from 1781-1806. Why did Kant claim that he had begun philosophy anew-and why did Hegel think that he had brought it to an end? Eckart Förster's answers are historically cogent and philosophically challenging. They are rooted in the deepest learning yet, at the same time, presented with extraordinary clarity. The Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy is a masterpiece.
-- Michael Rosen, Harvard University
For several years, scholars working in the vibrant field of German Idealism-philosophers, literary critics, historians of science, art historians-have been tensely awaiting the appearance of Förster's major synthetic study of the period. But The Twenty-Five Years of Philosophy exceeds even the most extravagant expectations. In its combination of detailed historical and textual reconstruction with penetrating philosophical thought, in its unrivalled perspicuity of presentation, in its narrative drive, Förster's book will reward its readers' engagement in every respect. It is masterful in its command of the work of Kant, Jacobi, Spinoza, Fichte, Schelling, Goethe, and Hegel. It is moving in its commitment to philosophical reflection of the boldest order. Its clarity is marvelous to behold. No serious student of the period will read this book only once.
-- David E. Wellbery, University of Chicago
Presents a novel interpretation of the development of German idealism that is rich in both historical depth and philosophical insight...Förster sets forth a historically nuanced and philosophically discerning interpretation of the central debates of the era.
-- Peter Yong Philosophy in Review
[Förster's] book does not disappoint...The amount of material covered by Förster is impressive...Förster's book is rich in specificity...Wherever the discussion goes, it is going to have to go on by taking Förster's big picture and all his detailed accounts into account.
-- Terry Pinkard Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Eckart F?rster, Eckart Forster, Eckart F'Orster, Eckart Förster
• Assisted by: Brady Bowman (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2012
• EAN: 9780674055162
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05516-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day