Kant’s Lectures / Kants Vorlesungen

Kant’s Lectures / Kants Vorlesungen
Author: Bernd Dörflinger
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110351536

Although they were not written by Kant himself, the transcripts of his lectures constitute an important source for philosophical research today. Some of the contributions presented in this volume discuss the authenticity and significance of these transcripts, for example the status of Kant's lectures on logic and anthropology, while others shed light on the historical formation of specific writings, for instance the texts on the philosophy of religion. The contributions provide new insights into Kant's philosophy, that, if looking at Kant's published writings alone, we would not be able to gain. In a number of cases, a critical analysis of Kant's lectures gives us a better understanding of his published works. Thus his lectures on metaphysics shed new light on his Critique of Pure Reason, while the lecture on natural law is a valuable source for the understanding of his published legal writings.

Kant's Lectures on Ethics

Kant's Lectures on Ethics
Author: Lara Denis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1316194574

This is the first book devoted to an examination of Kant's lectures on ethics, which provide a unique and revealing perspective on the development of his views. In fifteen newly commissioned essays, leading Kant scholars discuss four sets of student notes reflecting different periods of Kant's career: those taken by Herder (1762–4), Collins (mid-1770s), Mrongovius (1784–5) and Vigilantius (1793–4). The essays cover a diverse range of topics, from the relation between Kant's lectures and the Baumgarten textbooks, to obligation, virtue, love, the highest good, freedom, the categorical imperative, moral motivation and religion. Together they provide the reader with a deeper and fuller understanding of the evolution of Kant's moral thought. The volume will be of interest to a range of readers in Kant studies, ethics, political philosophy, religious studies and the history of ideas.

Reading Kant's Lectures

Reading Kant's Lectures
Author: Robert R. Clewis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2015-09-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110345331

This important collection of more than twenty original essays by prominent Kant scholars covers the multiple aspects of Kant’s teaching in relation to his published works. With the Academy edition’s continuing publication of Kant’s lectures, the role of his lecturing activity has been drawing more and more deserved attention. Several of Kant’s lectures on metaphysics, logic, ethics, anthropology, theology, and pedagogy have been translated into English, and important studies have appeared in many languages. But why study the lectures? When they are read in light of Kant’s published writings, the lectures offer a new perspective of Kant’s philosophical development, clarify points in the published texts, consider topics there unexamined, and depict the intellectual background in richer detail. And the lectures are often more accessible to readers than the published works. This book discusses all areas of Kant's lecturing activity. Some essays even analyze in detail the content of Kant's courses and the role of textbooks written by key authors such as Baumgarten, helping us understand Kant’s thought in its intellectual and historical contexts. Contributors: Huaping Lu-Adler; Henny Blomme ; Robert Clewis; Alix Cohen; Corey Dyck; Faustino Fabbianelli; Norbert Fischer; Courtney Fugate; Paul Guyer; Robert Louden; Antonio Moretto; Steve Naragon; Christian Onof; Stephen Palmquist; Riccardo Pozzo; Frederick Rauscher; Dennis Schulting; Oliver Sensen; Susan Shell; Werner Stark; John Zammito; Günter Zöller

Kant's Lectures on Metaphysics

Kant's Lectures on Metaphysics
Author: Courtney D. Fugate
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1316827550

Kant divided his course of lectures on metaphysics into six parts: a section entitled 'prolegomena' followed by chapters on ontology, cosmology, empirical psychology, rational psychology, and natural theology. This volume's ten chapters, written by leading Kant scholars, constitute the most comprehensive and informed analysis of his metaphysics lectures to date. The book provides balanced coverage of the lecture transcripts from Kant's course by following his general structure, with at least one chapter devoted to major themes from each of its parts. As well as examining what the lecture transcripts can tell us about the content, context, and development of Kant's thought on a range of key topics - from his conception of transcendental philosophy to his critical theism - the contributors to this volume also offer expert discussion and insight on how to make responsible use of these key primary materials from the Kantian corpus.

Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy

Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy
Author: Hannah Arendt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2014-12-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 022623178X

Hannah Arendt's last philosophical work was an intended three-part project entitled The Life of the Mind. Unfortunately, Arendt lived to complete only the first two parts, Thinking and Willing. Of the third, Judging, only the title page, with epigraphs from Cato and Goethe, was found after her death. As the titles suggest, Arendt conceived of her work as roughly parallel to the three Critiques of Immanuel Kant. In fact, while she began work on The Life of the Mind, Arendt lectured on "Kant's Political Philosophy," using the Critique of Judgment as her main text. The present volume brings Arendt's notes for these lectures together with other of her texts on the topic of judging and provides important clues to the likely direction of Arendt's thinking in this area.

Lectures on Metaphysics

Lectures on Metaphysics
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521000765

This volume contains the first translation into English of notes from Kant's lectures on metaphysics.

Lectures on Philosophical Theology

Lectures on Philosophical Theology
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1986
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780801493799

"Lectures on Philosophical Theology is an indispensable addition to Kant's works in English. It has not been previously translated, and even though it is compiled from lecture notes, it provides information on Kant's views not previously available in English."--Philosophical Books

The Cambridge Kant Lexicon

The Cambridge Kant Lexicon
Author: Julian Wuerth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 2289
Release: 2021-02-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1009038192

Immanuel Kant is widely recognized as one of the most important Western philosophers since Aristotle. His thought has had, and continues to have, a profound effect on every branch of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion. This Lexicon contains detailed and original entries by 130 leading Kant scholars, covering Kant's most important concepts as well as each of his writings. Part I covers Kant's notoriously difficult philosophical concepts, providing entries on these individual 'trees' of Kant's philosophical system. Part II, by contrast, provides an overview of the 'forest' of Kant's philosophy, with entries on each of his published works and on each of his sets of lectures and personal reflections. This part is arranged chronologically, revealing not only the broad sweep of Kant's thought but also its development over time. Professors, graduate students, and undergraduates will value this landmark volume.

Kant's Lectures on Ethics

Kant's Lectures on Ethics
Author: Lara Denis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107036313

Featuring fifteen new essays, this book is the only volume devoted to a scholarly study of Kant's lectures on ethics.

Kant's Theory of Mind

Kant's Theory of Mind
Author: Karl Ameriks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2000
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780198238966

This text presents a survey and evaluation of Kant's theory of mind. It focuses on Kant's discussion of the Paralogisms in the Critique of Pure Reason, and examines how the themes raised there are treated in the rest of Kant's writings.