Theory and Practice in Kant and Kierkegaard

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This work investigates crucial aspects of Kant's epistemology and ethics in relation to Kierkegaard's thinking. The challenge is taken up of developing a systematic reconstruction of Kant's and Kierkegaard's position. Kant forms a matrix for the interpretation of Kierkegaard, and considerable space is devoted to the exposition of Kant at those various points at which contact with Kierkegaard's thought is to be demonstrated. The burden of the argument is that Kierkegaard in his account of the stages is much closer to Kant than the texts initially reveal. It is possible, then, to arrive at a proper grasp of Kierkegaard's final position by seeing just how radically the stage of Christian faith (Religiousness B) departs from Kant.  Frontmatter Table of Contents Chapter 1. In Search of a Theory of Knowledge Chapter 2. Kierkegaard’s Explicit and Implicit Critiques of Kant’s Theory of Knowledge Chapter 3. Double-Mindedness or the Failure of an Orientation of the Will Chapter 4. The Ethical Stage Chapter 5. The Religious Conception in Purity of Heart and Postscript Chapter 6. The Christian Stage of Existence and Its Departure from Kant Backmatter