The Palgrave Kant Handbook

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This remarkably comprehensive Handbook provides a multifaceted yet carefully crafted investigation into the work of Immanuel Kant, one of the greatest philosophers the world has ever seen. With original contributions from leading international scholars in the field, this authoritative volume first sets Kant’s work in its biographical and historical context. It then proceeds to explain and evaluate his revolutionary work in metaphysics and epistemology, logic, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, political philosophy, philosophy of history, philosophy of education, and anthropology. Key Features: • Draws attention to the foundations of Kant’s varied philosophical insights — transcendental idealism, logic, and the bridge between theoretical and practical reason • Considers hitherto neglected topics such as sexuality and the philosophy of education • Explores the immense impact of his ground-breaking work on subsequent intellectual movements Serving as a touchstone for meaningful discussion about Kant’s philosophical and historical importance, this definitive Handbook is essential reading for Kant scholars who want to keep abreast of the field and for advanced students wishing to explore the frontiers of the subject. Front Matter ....Pages i-xliv Introduction: Kant the Revolutionary (Matthew C. Altman)....Pages 1-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Kant’s Life (Steve Naragon)....Pages 21-47 Kant and His Philosophical Context: The Reception and Critical Transformation of the Leibnizian-Wolffian Philosophy (Manuel Sánchez-Rodríguez)....Pages 49-68 Front Matter ....Pages 69-69 Transcendental Idealism: What and Why? (Paul Guyer)....Pages 71-90 Noumenal Ignorance: Why, for Kant, Can’t We Know Things in Themselves? (Alejandro Naranjo Sandoval, Andrew Chignell)....Pages 91-116 Kant’s Concept of Cognition and the Key to the Whole Secret of Metaphysics (Chong-Fuk Lau)....Pages 117-137 Apperception, Self-Consciousness, and Self-Knowledge in Kant (Dennis Schulting)....Pages 139-161 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 The Place of Logic within Kant’s Philosophy (Clinton Tolley)....Pages 165-187 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 The Primacy of Practical Reason (Ralph C.S. Walker)....Pages 191-209 A Practical Account of Kantian Freedom (Matthew C. Altman)....Pages 211-242 Moral Skepticism and the Critique of Practical Reason (David Zapero)....Pages 243-260 Front Matter ....Pages 261-261 How a Kantian Decides What to Do (Allen W. Wood)....Pages 263-284 Duties to Oneself (Oliver Sensen)....Pages 285-306 Demandingness, Indebtedness, and Charity: Kant on Imperfect Duties to Others (Kate Moran)....Pages 307-329 Kant and Sexuality (Helga Varden)....Pages 331-353 Kant in Metaethics: The Paradox of Autonomy, Solved by Publicity (Carla Bagnoli)....Pages 355-377 Front Matter ....Pages 379-379 Feeling the Life of the Mind: Mere Judging, Feeling, and Judgment (Fiona Hughes)....Pages 381-405 On Common Sense, Communicability, and Community (Eli Friedlander)....Pages 407-424 Immediate Judgment and Non-Cognitive Ideas: The Pervasive and Persistent in the Misreading of Kant’s Aesthetic Formalism (Jennifer A. McMahon)....Pages 425-446 Sublimity and Joy: Kant on the Aesthetic Constitution of Virtue (Melissa McBay Merritt)....Pages 447-467 Front Matter ....Pages 469-469 “Proper Science” and Empirical Laws: Kant’s Sense of Science in the Critical Philosophy (John H. Zammito)....Pages 471-492 From General to Special Metaphysics of Nature (Michael Bennett McNulty, Marius Stan)....Pages 493-511 Front Matter ....Pages 513-513 Kant on Faith: Religious Assent and the Limits to Knowledge (Lawrence Pasternack)....Pages 515-538 The Fate of Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason (Martin Moors)....Pages 539-564 Front Matter ....Pages 565-565 The Critical Legal and Political Philosophy of Immanuel Kant (Howard Williams)....Pages 567-591 A Cosmopolitan Law Created by Cosmopolitan Citizens: The Kantian Project Today (Soraya Nour Sckell)....Pages 593-615 Kant’s Mature Theory of Punishment, and a First Critique Ideal Abolitionist Alternative (Benjamin Vilhauer)....Pages 617-640 Front Matter ....Pages 641-641 Denkungsart in Kant’s Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (Patrick R. Frierson)....Pages 643-664 Kant on Emotions, Feelings, and Affectivity (Alix Cohen)....Pages 665-681 The Philosopher as Legislator: Kant on History (Katerina Deligiorgi)....Pages 683-703 Becoming Human: Kant’s Philosophy of Education and Human Nature (Robert B. Louden)....Pages 705-727 Front Matter ....Pages 729-729 Kant after Kant: The Indispensable Philosopher (Michael Vater)....Pages 731-760 Kant, the Copernican Devolution, and Real Metaphysics (Robert Hanna)....Pages 761-789 Contemporary Kantian Moral Philosophy (Michael Rohlf)....Pages 791-813 Conclusion: Kant the Philosopher (Matthew C. Altman)....Pages 815-821 Back Matter ....Pages 823-851