The emergence of German idealism
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The emergence of German idealism
（Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy, v. 34）
Catholic University of America Press, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index
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Immanuel Kant's "critical philosophy" is rightly renowned for its criticism of the metaphysical pretensions of reason unaided by experience. It therefore seems ironic that, within a single generation, some of Kant's most important followers argued that the critical philosophy could be made fully critical only by recourse to the very metaphysical themes that Kant had apparently criticized. The story of the emergence of German Idealism (from its beginnings in Kant to its apparent consummation in Hegel) has never been fully told. The story is full of tensions, contradictions and reversals, all of which seemingly conspire to render a meaningful and unified account impossible. While defying any simple or simplistic explanation, the various and sometimes conflicting impulse that led to the emergence of German Idealism together constitute an intelligible and rich line of development. In this volume, an international group of leading scholars shows how the various aspirations at work in the emergence of German Idealism - moral, religious, aesthetic, political and epistemological - can be understood as both consummating and overcoming Kant's critical philosophy.
The volume also includes a chronology of the major works in the development of German Idealism, as well as a new translation of the seminal and still-controversial essay "The Earliest System Programme of German Idealism".
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