Imagination and Interpretation in Kant: The Hermeneutical Import of the Critique of Judgment - Softcover

Makkreel, Rudolf A. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226502775 ISBN 13: 9780226502779

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1995

Synopsis

In this illuminating study of Kant's theory of imagination and its role in interpretation, Rudolf A. Makkreel argues against the commonly held notion that Kant's transcendental philosophy is incompatible with hermeneutics. The charge that Kant's foundational philosophy is inadequate to the task of interpretation can be rebutted, explains Makkreel, if we fully understand the role of imagination in his work. In identifying this role, Makkreel also reevaluates the relationship among Kant's discussions of the feeling of life, common sense, and the purposiveness of history.

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About the Author

Rudolf A. Makkreel is the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Emory University. He is the author of Dilthey: Philosopher of the Human Studies and coeditor of Dilthey's Selected Works.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226502775
• ISBN 13: 9780226502779
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200