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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451694903321

Autore

Rockmore Tom <1942->

Titolo

Kant and idealism [[electronic resource] /] / Tom Rockmore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-73488-8

9786611734886

0-300-13473-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (286 p.))

Disciplina

141

Soggetti

Idealism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Idealism, platonic idealism, and the new way of ideas -- German idealism, British idealism, and later developments -- Some main criticisms of idealism -- Idealism, constructivism, and knowledge.

Sommario/riassunto

Distinguished scholar and philosopher Tom Rockmore examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion-idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, he surveys and classifies some of its major forms, giving particular attention to Kant. He argues that Kant provides the all-important link between three main types of idealism: those associated with Plato, the new way of ideas, and German idealism. The author also makes a case for the contemporary relevance of at least one strand in the tangled idealist web, a strand most clearly identified with Kant: constructivism. In terms of the philosophical tradition, Rockmore contends, constructivism offers a lively, interesting, and important approach to knowledge after the decline of metaphysical realism.