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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787508003321

Autore

McCumber John

Titolo

Understanding Hegel's mature critique of Kant / / John McCumber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8853-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 216 pages)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Ethics, Modern

Analysis (Philosophy)

Philosophy, German - 19th century

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

A short introduction to an endless task -- Hegel and his project -- Hegel contra Kant on philosophical critique and the limits of knowledge -- Transcendental versus linguistic idealism -- The nature and development of will -- Hegel's critique of Kant's moral theory.

Sommario/riassunto

Working from Hegel's mature texts (after 1807) and reading them in light of an overall interpretation of Hegel's project as a linguistic, 'definitional' system, this book offers major reinterpretations of Hegel's views: The Kantian thing-in-itself is not denied but relocated as a temporal aspect of our experience. Hegel's linguistic idealism is understood in terms of his realistic view of sensation. Instead of claiming that Kant's categorical imperative is too empty to provide concrete moral guidance, Hegel praises its emptiness as the foundation for a diverse society.