1st Edition

Understanding German Idealism

By Will Dudley Copyright 2007
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

"Understanding German Idealism" provides an accessible introduction to the philosophical movement that emerged in 1781, with the publication of Kant's monumental "Critique of Pure Reason", and ended fifty years later, with Hegel's death. The thinkers of this period, and the themes they developed revolutionized almost every area of philosophy and had an impact that continues to be felt across the... Read more
1. Introduction: modernity, rationality and freedom 2. Kant: transcendental idealism 3. Skeptical challenges and the development of transcendental idealism 4. Fichte: toward a scientific and systematic idealism 5. Schelling: idealism and the absolute 6. Hegel: systematic philosophy without foundations 7. Conclusion: rationality, freedom, modernity? Questions for discussion and revision Further reading Index

Biography

Will Dudley