Synopses & Reviews
This book offers first time translations of the initial (1781-1789) critical reactions to Kant's philosophy. Also included is a selection of writings by Kant's contemporaries who took on the task of defending the critical philosophy against early attacks. This collection, which includes a glossary of key terms and biographical sketches of the critics on both sides of the debate, is a major addition to Kant scholarship and should be seen as a companion volume to the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant.
Review
"Sassen's volume makes many of the most important and interesting of these writings accessible to English readers...The translations seem exemplary." James C. Morrison, Philosophy in Review"The choice of texts is judicious and the translations seem to be uniformly excellent...Sassen's collection is extremely well done and fills a gap in Kant scholarship." Philosophical Inquiry, Vol. XXIII
Synopsis
A companion volume to the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant, this book offers translations of the initial (1781 1789) critical reactions to Kantâs philosophy. Also included is a selection of writings by Kantâs contemporaries who defended the critical philosophy against early attacks.
Table of Contents
Introduction: major trends in the early empiricist reception of Kantâs critical philosophy; Part I. Feder/Garve and Garve: 1. The Göttingen review; 2. Christian Garve, âCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kantâ; Part II. The Transcendental Aesthetic: 3. Dietrich Tiedemann, âOn the Nature of Metaphysics: An Examination of Professor Kantâs Principles - Against the Aestheticâ; 4. [Hermann Andreas Pistorius], âElucidations of Professor Kantâs Critique of Pure Reason,âby Johann Schulze; 5. J. G. H. Feder, On Space and Causality: An Examination of the Kantian Philosophy 1-64, 84*-91*; 6. [Anonymous], âOn Space and Causality: An Examination of the Kantian Philosophy, by Johann Georg Heinrich Federâ; 7. Friedrich Gottlob Born, Investigation into the First Grounds of the Doctrine of the Senses, 87-92; Part II. Idealism: 8. J. G. H. Feder, On Space and Causality: An Examination of the Kantian Philosophy; 64-84*, 114 118; 9. J. C. G. Schaumann, On the Transcendental Aesthetic: A Critical Attempt, 131-175; 10. Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, On Transcendental Idealism; 11. [Hermann Andreas Pistorius], âCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kantâ; 12. Friedrich Gottlob Born, Investigation into the First Grounds of the Doctrine of the Senses, 141-153; Part IV. The Categories: 13. C. G. Selle, âAttempt at a Proof that there are no Pure Concepts of Reason that are Independent of Experienceâ; 14. Dietrich Tiedemann, âContinuation of the Examination of Professor Kantâs Thoughts about the Nature of Metaphysics - against the analyticâ; 15. [Johann Schultz], âInstitutiones Logicae et Metaphysica by Jo. Henr. Ulrichâ; 16. Gottlob August Tittle, On Kantian Forms of Thought or Categories, 3-41, 103-111; Part V. Empiricism vs. Purism: 17. Carl Christian Erhard Schmid, âsome remarks about Empiricism and purism in philosophy Occasioned by Selleâs Principles of Pure Philosophyâ; 18. [Hermann Andreas Pistorius], âOn Carl Christian Eberhard Schmidâs essay about Kantâs Purism and Selleâs Empiricismâ.