German idealism : the struggle against subjectivism, 1781-1801 / / Frederick C. Beiser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807445803321
• Autore: Beiser Frederick C. <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0-674-97121-3; 0-674-02070-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 726 p.)
• Disciplina: 141.094309033
• Soggetti: Idealism, German - History - 18th century; Subjectivity - History - 18th century; Philosophy, German - 18th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 695-720) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Kant’s Critique of Idealism -- Introduction: Kant and the Problem of Subjectivism -- 1 Idealism in the Precritical Years -- 2 Transcendental Idealism and Empirical Realism -- 3 The First Edition Refutation of Skeptical Idealism -- 4 The First Edition Refutation of Dogmatic Idealism -- 5 Kant and Berkeley -- 6 The Second Edition Refutation of Problematic Idealism -- 7 Kant and the Way of Ideas -- 8 The Transcendental Subject -- 9 The Status of the Transcendental -- 10 Kant’s Idealism in the Opus postumum -- II. Fichte’s Critique of Subjectivism -- Introduction: The Interpretation of Fichte’s Idealism -- 1 Fichte and the Subjectivist Tradition -- 2 The Battle against Skepticism -- 3 Criticism versus Dogmatism -- 4 Freedom and Subjectivity -- 5 Knowledge of Freedom -- 6 Critical Idealism -- 7 The Refutation of Idealism -- 8 The Structure of Intersubjectivity -- III. Absolute Idealism -- 1 Absolute Idealism: General Introduction -- 2 Hölderlin and Absolute Idealism -- 3 Novalis’ Magical Idealism -- 4 Friedrich Schlegel’s Absolute Idealism -- IV. Schelling and Absolute Idealism -- Introduction: The Troublesome Schellingian Legacy -- 1 The Path toward Absolute Idealism -- 2 The Development of Naturphilosophie -- 3 Schelling’s Break with Fichte -- 4 Problems, Methods, and Concepts of Naturphilosophie -- 5 Theory of Life and Matter -- 6 Schelling’s ; Absolute Idealism -- 7 The Dark Night of the Absolute -- 8 Absolute Knowledge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This work revises understanding of the history and thought of German philosophy between 1781 and 1801. It exposes an objective running from Kant to Hegel and identifies the role of early romantics as the founders of absolute idealism.