J. G. Fichte: Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre and Related Writings, 1794-95

J. G. Fichte: Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre and Related Writings, 1794-95
Author: Daniel Breazeale
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198842902

The Wissenschaftslehre or "doctrine of science" was the great achievement of the German idealist philosopher J. G. Fichte. Daniel Breazeale presents new translations of three works in which Fichte developed this system, alongside a set of lectures previously unpublished in English. The texts are accompanied by an extensive introduction and notes.

Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre

Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre
Author: Daniel Breazeale
Publisher:
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2013-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199233632

Daniel Breazeale presents a critical study of the early philosophy of J. G. Fichte, and the version of the Wissenschaftslehre that Fichte developed between 1794 and 1799. He examines what Fichte was trying to accomplish and how he proposed to do so, and explores the difficulties implicit in his project and his strategies for overcoming them.

Foundations of Natural Right

Foundations of Natural Right
Author: Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2000
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780521575911

A complete translation into English of Fichte's most important work of political philosophy.

J. G. Fichte: Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre and Related Writings, 1794-95

J. G. Fichte: Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre and Related Writings, 1794-95
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2021-01-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0192580728

The Wissenschaftslehre or "doctrine of science" was the great achievement of the German idealist philosopher J. G. Fichte. Daniel Breazeale presents accessible new translations of three works in which Fichte developed this philosophical system. The centerpiece of this volume is a new English translation of Fichte's only full-scale presentation of the principles of his philosophy, the Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre (1794/95). Accompanying this are new translations of the work in which Fichte first publicly introduced his new system, Concerning the Concept of the Wissenschaftslehre (1794) and the Outline of what is Distinctive of the Wissenschaftslehre with respect to the Theoretical Power (1795), which was intended as a companion to the Foundation. In addition Breazeale includes the transcripts of Fichte's unpublished "Zurich lectures" on his system (1794), translated here for the first time in English. Breazeale supplements his translations with an extensive historical and systematic introduction, detailed outlines of the contents and structure of the Foundation and Outline, and copious scholarly annotation of the translated texts, helping to orient readers who may otherwise find themselves lost in the wilderness of Fichte's complex "derivations."

Fichte

Fichte
Author: Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1988
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780801481215

"This work is a model of what a philosophical text should be."--Reinhard Lauth "Breazeale's translation is fluent, precise, and perhaps most important of all... it is readable.... This is an excellent translation by the ranking Fichte scholar working in English at present, accompanied by a full, useful scholarly apparatus, likely to be of interest to Fichte scholars and all those concerned with the development of German idealism."--Review of Metaphysics "The publishing of this volume in English... provides us with a wealth of new material, not just about Fichte's development, but about the essentially Cartesian project that first gave rise to phenomenology in our own century."--International Philosophical Quarterly

Introductions to the Wissenschaftslehre and Other Writings, 1797-1800

Introductions to the Wissenschaftslehre and Other Writings, 1797-1800
Author: Johann G. Fichte
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780872202399

These selections provide a brief but comprehensive introduction to Fichte's philosophical system and his place in the history of German Idealism. In addition to some of Fichte's most influential texts, such as the First and Second Introductions to the Wissenschaftslehre and The Basis of Our Belief in a Divine Governance of the World, Breazeale has translated, for the first time into English, several other writings from the same period, including Attempt at a New Presentation of the Wissenschaftslehre, Other short essays, including Fichte's replies to the charge of atheism, extend the discussions of the Introductions and respond to criticisms. Breazeale's substantial Introduction supplies the context needed for a sound appreciation of Fichte's enterprise and achievement.

The Enigma of Fichte’s First Principles

The Enigma of Fichte’s First Principles
Author: David W. Wood
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004459790

This volume of articles in English by an international team of scholars presents new critical perspectives on the first principles of J.G. Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre and some of the key sub-disciplines of his philosophy.

The Science of Knowing

The Science of Knowing
Author: J. G. Fichte
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0791483223

Considered by some to be his most important text, this series of lectures given by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) at his home in Berlin in 1804 is widely regarded as the most perspicuous presentation of his fundamental philosophy. Now available in English, this translation provides in striking and original language Fichte's exploration of the transcendental foundations of experience and knowing in ways that go beyond Kant and Reinhold and charts a promising, novel pathway for German Idealism. Through a close examination of this work one can see that Fichte's thought is much more than a way station between Kant and Hegel, thus making the case for Fichte's independent philosophical importance. The text is divided into two parts: a doctrine of truth or reason, and a doctrine of appearance. A central feature of the text is its performative dimension. Philosophy, for Fichte, is something we enact rather than any discursively expressible object of awareness; a philosophical truth is not expressible as a set of propositions but is a spontaneous inwardly occurring realization. Therefore, he always regards the expression of philosophy in words as strategic, aiming to ignite philosophy's essentially inward process and to arouse the event of philosophical insight. The new translation contains a German-English glossary and an extensive introduction and notes by the translator.

First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature

First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature
Author: F. W. J. Schelling
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 079148551X

Appearing here in English for the first time, this is F. W. J. Schelling's vital document of the attempts of German Idealism and Romanticism to recover a deeper relationship between humanity and nature and to overcome the separation between mind and matter induced by the modern reductivist program. Written in 1799 and building upon his earlier work, First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature provides the most inclusive exposition of Schelling's philosophy of the natural world. He presents a startlingly contemporary model of an expanding and contracting universe; a unified theory of electricity, gravity magnetism, and chemical forces; and, perhaps most importantly, a conception of nature as a living and organic whole.

Essay on Transcendental Philosophy

Essay on Transcendental Philosophy
Author: Salomon Maimon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2010-02-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1441108378

Essay on Transcendental Philosophy presents the first English translation of Salomon Maimon's principal work, originally published in Berlin in 1790. In this book, Maimon seeks to further the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by establishing a new foundation for transcendental philosophy in the idea of difference. Kant judged Maimon to be his most profound critic, and the Essay went on to have a decisive influence on the course of post-Kantian German Idealism. A more recent admirer was Gilles Deleuze who drew on Maimon's Essay in constructing his own philosophy of difference. This long-overdue translation makes Maimon's brilliant analysis and criticism of Kant's philosophy accessible to an English readership for the first time. The text includes a comprehensive introduction, a glossary, translators' notes, a bibliography of writings on Maimon and an index. It also includes translations of correspondence between Maimon and Kant and a letter Maimon wrote to a Berlin journal clarifying the philosophical position of the essay, all of which bring the book's context alive for the modern reader.