Reinhold: Letters on the Kantian Philosophy (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) - Softcover

Ameriks, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521537231 ISBN 13: 9780521537230

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Reinhold's Letters on the Kantian Philosophy is arguably the most influential book ever written concerning Kant. It provides a helpful introduction to Kant's philosophy and a valuable explanation of how that philosophy can be understood as an appropriate Enlightenment solution to the 'pantheism dispute' which dominated thought in the era of German Idealism. The first edition of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason was slow in gaining a positive reception, but after Reinhold's Letters appeared Kant's Critical Philosophy suddenly attained the central position which it has held to this day. The Letters also brought fame to Reinhold, who developed his own influential 'Elementary Philosophy' and was succeeded by the leading figures of German Idealism: Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. This English edition of Reinhold's work includes the original 1786–7 version as well as all the major additions and changes from the 1790 edition.

About this title

Book Description:

Reinhold's Letters on the Kantian Philosophy is arguably the most influential book ever written concerning Kant. This volume presents the first English translation of the work, together with an introduction that sets it in its philosophical and historical contexts.

About the Author:

Karl Ameriks is the McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is co-editor with Desmond Clark of the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series.

James C. Hebbeler is a graduate student in the Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame. His areas of interest include Kant, Post-Kantian German Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Phenomenology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521537231
• ISBN 13: 9780521537230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284