The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism [Hardcover]

The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism features essays from leading scholars on German philosophy. It is the most comprehensive secondary source available, covering not only the full range of work by Kant, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, but also idealists such as Reinhold and Schopenhauer, critics such as Jacobi, Maimon, and the German RomanticsPreface Notes on Contributors Note on Sources and Key to Abbreviations Introduction: What Is German Idealism?; Matthew C. Altman PART I: KANT 1. Kant's Career in German Idealism; Steve Naragon 2. Kant's Legacy for German Idealism: Versions of Autonomy; Paul Guyer 3. Kant's Three Transcendentals, Explanation, and the Hypothesis of Pure Apperception; Timothy Rosenkoetter 4. Moral Goodness and Human Equality in Kant's Ethical Theory; Lara Denis 5. Kant and the Possibility of Transcendental Freedom; Benjamin Vilhauer 6. Why Should We Cultivate Taste? Answers from Kant's Early and Late Aesthetic Theory; Brian Watkins 7. Transcendental Idealism as the Backdrop for Kant's Theory of Religion; Stephen R. Palmquist 8. Kant's Political Philosophy; Allen Wood 9. Kant's Anthropology and Its Method: The Epistemic Uses of Teleology in the Natural World and Beyond; Alix Cohen PART II: REACTIONS TO KANT 10. Jacobi on Kant, or Moral Naturalism vs. Idealism; Benjamin D. Crowe 11. Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism: The Curious Case of Maimon's 'Coalition-System'; Peter Thielke 12. Reinhold and the Transformation of Philosophy into a Science; Kien-how Goh PART III: FICHTE 13. Fichte: His Life and Philosophical Calling; Marina F. Bykova 14. A Philosophy of Freedom: Fichte's Philosophical Achievement; G?nter Z?ller 15. Fichte's Methodology in the Wissenschaftslehre (1794-95); Frederick Neuhouser 16. Fichte's Transcendental Idealism: An Interpretation and Defense; Matthew C. Altman 17. How 'Natural' Is Fichte's Theory of Natural Right?; David James 18. Transcendental Idealism and Theistic Commitment in Fichte; Steven Hoeltzel PART IV: GERMAN RlóL