Kant and his German Contemporaries
Cambridge University Press, 10/11/2018
EAN 9781107178168, ISBN10: 1107178169
Hardcover, 304 pages, 23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm
Language: English
Kant's philosophical achievements have long overshadowed those of his German contemporaries, often to the point of concealing his contemporaries' influence upon him. This volume of new essays draws on recent research into the rich complexity of eighteenth-century German thought, examining key figures in the development of aesthetics and art history, the philosophy of history and education, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion. The essays range over numerous thinkers including Baumgarten, Mendelssohn, Meyer, Winckelmann, Herder, Schiller, Hamann and Fichte, showing how they variously influenced, challenged, and revised Kant's philosophy, at times moving it in novel directions unacceptable to the magister himself. The volume will be valuable for all who are interested in this distinctive period of German philosophy.
Introduction
Part I. Aesthetic Perspectives
1. Baumgarten, Meier, and Kant on aesthetic perfection J. Colin McQuillan
2. Mendelssohn, Kant, and the aims of art Paul Guyer
3. Winckelmann's Greek ideal and Kant's critical philosophy Michael Baur
Part II. Historical Perspectives
4. Eighteenth-century anthropological and ethnological studies of Ancient Greece
Winckelmann, Herder, Caylus, and Kant Elisabeth Décultot
5. Conjectural truths
Kant and Schiller on educating humanity Lydia L. Moland
6. Herder's theory of organic forces and its Kantian origins Nigel DeSouza
Part III. Political Perspectives
7. Kant and Mendelssohn
enlightenment, history, and the authority of reason Kristi Sweet
8. Johann Jakob Moser and Immanuel Kant on public law and the German religious constitution Ian Hunter
9. A family quarrel
Fichte's deduction of right and recognition Gabriel Gottlieb
Part IV. Religious Perspectives
10. Rational faith and the pantheism controversy
Kant's 'orientation essay' and the evolution of his moral argument Brian A. Chance and Lawrence Pasternack
11. Reason and immortality – Herder versus Kant Marion Heinz
12. Reason within the limits of religion alone
Hamann's onto-christology Daniel O. Dahlstrom.