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

It has been argued that Kant's all-consuming efforts to place autonomy at the center of philosophy have had, in the long-run, the unintended effect of leading to the widespread discrediting of philosophy and of undermining the notion of autonomy itself. The result of this 'Copernican revolution' has seemed to many commentators the de-centring, if not the self-destruction, of the autonomous self. In this major reinterpretation of Kant and the post-Kantian response to his critical philosophy, Karl Ameriks argues that such a view of Kant rests on a series of misconceptions. By providing the first systematic study of the underlying structure of the reaction to Kant's critical philosophy in the writings of Reinhold, Fichte and Hegel, Karl 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.

Table des matières

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Karl Ameriks, Ameriks Karl
• Collaboration: Robert B. Pippin (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.06.2000
• EAN: 9780521781015
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78101-5
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 30 mm
• Poids: 625 g
• Thèmes: Modern European Philosophy (Ha; Modern European Philosophy
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: de l'Antiquité à nos jours; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy