German Idealism

Espen Hammer0415373050, 9780415373050, 0415373042, 9780415373043, 9780203030837

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.

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Table of contents :
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