The Palgrave Kant Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781137546555 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 851 str.

Matthew Altman

Opis

This essential Handbook provides a varied investigation of the work of Immanuel Kant, one of the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy. With specially-commissioned contributions from leading international scholars in the field, this wide-ranging collection firstly sets Kant s work in its biographical and historical context. It then proceeds to explain and evaluate his work in metaphysics and epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, political philosophy, anthropology, philosophy of history, and philosophy of education.Key Features:

• Offers an accessibly structured approach to the most significant aspects of Kant s varied philosophical insights.
  
• Expands enquiry outside of themes explored by Kant to examine the impact of his groundbreaking work on intellectual history more broadly.
  
• Provides a fresh platform for debate, through the inclusion of work by well-established as well as more junior scholars, on the relevance of Kant s philosophy to contemporary work in metaphysics and ethics.

Serving as a touchstone for meaningful discussion about Kant s philosophical and historical importance, this comprehensive and high quality collection of essays will be useful both for students who hope to better understand his positions and for Kant scholars who want to participate in contemporary debates."

Recenzje

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2018

"A new generation of Kant scholars is on the rise, and this beautifully printed and consummately edited scholarly collection announces their ascendancy with distinctive fanfare. ... The essays are extremely readable, impeccably annotated, and abundantly resourceful, so they will be useful both for novice readers finding their way through Kant's notoriously difficult thicket of concepts and for established scholars seeking reference points sure to spark renewed debate. ... Researchers in particular will find this book a critical touchstone." (J. G. Moore, Choice, Vol. 55 (12), August, 2018)

Spis treści

Contents

Series Editor’s Preface

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Note on Sources and Key to Abbreviations

Introduction: Kant the Revolutionary: Matthew C. Altman

Part I. Biographical and Historical Background

1. Kant’s Life: Steve Naragon

2. Kant and His Philosophical Context: The Reception and Critical Transformation of the Leibnizian-Wolffian Philosophy: Manuel Sánchez-Rodríguez

Part II. Metaphysics and Epistemology

3. Transcendental Idealism: What and Why?: Paul Guyer

4. Noumenal Ignorance: Why, for Kant, Can’t We Know Things in Themselves?: Alejandro Naranjo Sandoval and Andrew Chignell

5. Kant’s Concept of Cognition and the Key to the Whole Secret of Metaphysics: Chong-Fuk Lau

6. Apperception, Self-Consciousness, and Self-Knowledge in Kant: Dennis Schulting

Part III. Logic

7. The Place of Logic within Kant’s Philosophy: Clinton Tolley

Part IV. Relation between Theoretical and Practical Reason

8. The Primacy of Practical Reason: Ralph C. S. Walker

9. A Practical Account of Kantian Freedom: Matthew C. Altman

10. Moral Skepticism and the Critique of Practical Reason: David Zapero

Part V. Ethics

11. How a Kantian Decides What to Do: Allen W. Wood       

12. Duties to Oneself: Oliver Sensen

13. Demandingness, Indebtedness, and Charity: Kant on Imperfect Duties to Others: Kate Moran

14. Kant and Sexuality: Helga Varden

15. Kant in Metaethics: The Paradox of Autonomy, Solved by Publicity: Carla Bagnoli

Part VI. Aesthetics

16. Feeling the Life of the Mind: Mere Judging, Feeling, and Judgment: Fiona Hughes

17. On Common Sense, Communicability, and Community: Eli Friedlander 

18. Immediate Judgment and Non-Cognitive Ideas: The Pervasive and Persistent in the Misreading of Kant’s Aesthetic Formalism: Jennifer A. McMahon

19. Sublimity and Joy: Kant on the Aesthetic Constitution of Virtue: Melissa McBay Merritt

Part VII. Philosophy of Science

20. “Proper Science” and Empirical Laws: Kant’s Sense of Science in the Critical Philosophy: John H. Zammito

21. From General to Special Metaphysics of Nature: Michael Bennett McNulty (with Marius Stan)

Part VIII. Philosophy of Religion

22. Kant on Faith: Religious Assent and the Limits to Knowledge: Lawrence Pasternack

23. The Fate of Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: Martin Moors

Part IX. Political Philosophy

24. The Critical Legal and Political Philosophy of Immanuel Kant: 

25. A Cosmopolitan Law Created by Cosmopolitan Citizens: The Kantian Project Today: Soraya Nour Sckell

26. Kant’s Mature Theory of Punishment, and a First Critique Ideal Abolitionist Alternative: Benjamin Vilhauer

Part X. Anthropology, History, and Education

27. Denkungsart in Kant’s Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View: Patrick R. Frierson

28. Kant on Emotions, Feelings, and Affectivity: Alix Cohen

29. The Philosopher as Legislator: Kant on History: Katerina Deligiorgi

30. Becoming Human: Kant’s Philosophy of Education and Human Nature: Robert B. Louden

Part XI. The Kantian Aftermath, and Kant’s Contemporary Relevance

31. Kant after Kant: The Indispensable Philosopher: Michael Vater

32. Kant, the Copernican Devolution, and Real Metaphysics: Robert Hanna

33. Contemporary Kantian Moral Philosophy: Michael Rohlf

Conclusion: Kant the Philosopher: Matthew C. Altman

Index

O autorze

Matthew C. Altman is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy & Religious Studies Department at Central Washington University, USA. He is the author of A Companion to Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason” (2008) and Kant and Applied Ethics (2011), co-author of The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy (2013), and editor of The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism (2014).

Blurb

This remarkably comprehensive Handbook provides a multifaceted yet carefully crafted investigation into the work of Immanuel Kant, one of the greatest philosophers the world has ever seen. With original contributions from leading international scholars in the field, this authoritative volume first sets Kant’s work in its biographical and historical context. It then proceeds to explain and evaluate his revolutionary work in metaphysics and epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, political philosophy, philosophy of history, philosophy of education, and anthropology.

 

Key Features:

 

• Draws attention to the foundations of Kant’s varied philosophical insights — transcendental idealism, logic, and the bridge between theoretical and practical reason

• Considers hitherto neglected topics such as sexuality and the philosophy of education

• Explores the immense impact of his ground-breaking work on subsequent intellectual movements

 

Serving as a touchstone for meaningful discussion about Kant’s philosophical and historical importance, this definitive Handbook is essential reading for Kant scholars who want to keep abreast of the field and for advanced students wishing to explore the frontiers of the subject.