Kant and the Fate of Autonomy - Problems in the Appropriation of the Critical Philosophy

Ameriks challenges the presumptions that dominate popular approaches to the concept of freedom.

List of contents

Introduction: Kant and the fate of autonomy; Part I. Kant: 1. Kant's modest system; Part II. Reinhold; 2. Reinhold's contribution; Part III. Fichte; 3. Kant, Fichte and short arguments to Idealism; 4. Kant, Fichte and the radical primacy of the practical; 5. Kant, Fichte and appreciation; Part IV. Hegel: 6. Hegel's critique of Kant's theoretical philosophy; 7. The Hegelian critique of Kantian morality; 8. Concluding unscientific postscript.

Summary

By providing the first study of the structure of the reaction to Kant's critical philosophy in the writings of Reinhold, Fichte and Hegel, Ameriks challenges the presumptions that dominate popular approaches to the concept of freedom, and to the interpretation of the relation between the Enlightenment, Kant and post-Kantian thought.

Product details

• Authors: Karl Ameriks
• Assisted by: Robert B. Pippin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2014
• EAN: 9780521781015
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78101-5
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Modern European Philosophy (Ha
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day