New Essays in Fichte's Foundation of the Entire Doctrine of Scientific Knowledge
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Book Description
This is the first volume in English to focus upon Fichte's most celebrated and influential philosophical text, his "Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre" (Foundation of the Entire Doctrine of Scientific Knowledge)--an audaciously original effort to recast the Kantian philosophy into a full-blown system of "transcendental idealism." Rejecting all reference to "things in themselves," Fichte described his work as "the first philosophy of human freedom" and as a faithful expression of the true "spirit" of Kant's critical philosophy. For all its deficiencies, the Grundlage played an absolutely pivotal role in the development of German idealism after Kant.
The thirteen essays in this collection address the themes of imagination, time, representation, reflection, deduction, transcendental methodology, the relationship of Fichte's philosophy to Kant's, and the influence of the Grundlage upon Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Friedrich Schelling, and G.W.F. Hegel. Collectively, these essays will be indispensable to scholars and will provide students with an ideal introduction to the reading of Fichte's notoriously difficult but deeply rewarding work.
About the Author
Daniel Breazeale is professor and chair of the department of philosophy at the University of Kentucky, the author of FICHTE, and the editor of NEW PERSPECTIVES ON FICHTE.
Tom Rockmore is professor of philosophy at Duquesne University and the editor of NEW ESSAYS ON THE PRECRITICAL KANT.
New Essays in Fichte's Foundation of the Entire Doctrine of Scientific Knowledge,Daniel Breazeale,Tom Rockmore,Humanity Books,157392914X,1762-1814,1762-1814.,Fichte, Johann Gottlieb,,General,Grundlage der gesamten Wissens,Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre,History & Surveys - Modern,Knowledge, Theory of,Metaphysics,Philosophy,Science,Science/Mathematics
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