'In recent years, philosophy in the Anglo-American world has broadened its scope to include consideration of more than just the work of Kant and Hegel from the 'classical' German tradition. Fichte, Schelling, and the 'early German Romantics' are now quite well established as part of contemporary philosophical debate. The work of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819), in contrast, has been largely absent from much of that debate. As this volume shows, Jacobi was a crucial figure in the development of German Idealist and Romantic philosophy, and German theology, who also plays an important, but often neglected, role in subsequent debates. This collection of essays will serve as a valuable introduction to an original and provocative thinker.' Andrew Bowie, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and German, Royal Holloway University of London
Introduction: Jacobi: at the crux of modernity Alexander J. B. Hampton; Part I. The Critique of Reason: Debates on Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism: 1. Jacobi and philosophy: rationalism and skepticism Benjamin Crowe; 2. Jacobi and Spinoza Birgit Sandkaulen; 3. Jacobi on the nature of mind and intuitive certainty Brady Bowman; 4. Jacobi and Kant: freedom, reason, faith James J. DiCenso; Part II. Faith and Revelation: Debates on Theism, Atheism, and Nihilism: 5. Jacobi's argument and dilemma: Theism and Christianity Ariberto Acerbi; 6. The Jacobi–Schelling debate Sean J. McGrath; 7. Jacobi's response to religious nihilism Peter Jonkers; 8. Jacobi and the German protestant tradition Jörg Lauster; Part III. Jacobi and the Revival of Socraticism: The Muenster Circle and Existentialism: 9. Jacobi and Hemsterhuis Daniel Whistler; 10. Dioscuri: Hamann and Jacobi John Betz; 11. Jacobi and Kierkegaard Anders Moe Rasmussen; Part IV. Jacobi's Impact on Idealism and Romanticism: 12. Jacobi and German idealism Ernst-Otto Onnash; 13. Jacobi's philosophy of faith in Fichte's 1794 Wissenschaftslehre David W. Wood; 14. Jacobi and the romantics Alexander J. B. Hampton; 15. Jacobi as literary author George di Giovanni.