'It is often said about a book that 'it will become a standard reference' for people working in a philosophical field of study ... The Cambridge History of Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century (1790–1870) is one of those rare cases for which that saying actually holds. Spectacular in its form and content, this massive volume of almost a thousand pages covers various aspects of the development of European philosophy in the period from 1790 to 1870 ... a truly invaluable tool (a 'standard reference') for anyone studying or researching the enormously complex nineteenth-century philosophical landscape ... [this book] is a monumental scholarly achievement and deserves to be wholeheartedly applauded for the amazingly rich information it offers the student of nineteenth century philosophy. The two editors have done a brilliant job in organizing a massive amount of material, and the authors of the twenty-eight essays have, with absolutely no exception, produced first-rate results.' Philosophy in Review
Introduction Allen W. Wood; Part I. Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century: 1. The Kantian aftermath: reaction and revolution in German philosophy Robert Pippin; 2. The social conditions of philosophy in the nineteenth century Terry Pinkard; 3. The unity of reason and the diversity of life: the idea of a system in Kant and nineteenth-century philosophy Rolf-Peter Horstmann; Part II. Logic and Mathematics: 4. Attempts to rethink logic Jeremy Heis; 5. Some developments in the philosophy of mathematics, 1790–1870 Janet Folina; Part III. Nature: 6. Conceptions of the natural worlds, 1790–1870 Alexander Rueger; 7. Natural sciences Philippe Huneman; Part IV. Mind, Language, and Culture: 8. Psychology Gary Hatfield; 9. Language Michael N. Forster; 10. The emergence of the human sciences from the moral sciences Rudolf Makkreel; 11. The beautiful and the good: aesthetics, 1790–1870 Paul Guyer; Part V. Ethics: 12. Autonomy and the self as the basis of morality Bernard Reginster; 13. Ethics and the social good John Skorupski; 14. Moral epistemology Jerome B. Schneewind and Allen W. Wood; 15. Antimoralism Allen W. Wood; Part VI. Religion: 16. Challenges to religion in the nineteenth century Van A. Harvey; 17. Three types of speculative religion Stephen Crites; 18. The defense of traditional religion, 1790–1870 James C. Livingston; Part VII. Society: 19. Philosophical responses to the French Revolution Frederick C. Beiser and Pamela Edwards; 20. The decline of natural right Jeremy Waldron; 21. Conceptions of society in nineteenth-century social thought Frederick Neuhouser; 22. Nineteenth-century political economy Debra Satz; 23. The nation state Erica Benner; 24. Nineteenth-century ideals: self-culture and the religion of humanity Daniel Brudney; 25. Social dissatisfaction and social change Christine Blaettler; Part VIII. History: 26. Philosophizing about history: the method of Zusammenhang Laurence Dickey; 27. Philosophy of history: the German tradition from Herder to Marx John Zammito; 28. The history of philosophy Michael N. Forster.