Essays on Kant's Anthropology

by Brian Jacobs, Patrick Kain

Overview

Kant's lectures on anthropology capture him at the height of his intellectual power and at crucial stages in the development of his philosophical system. They are extremely important for advancing our understanding of Kant's conception of anthropology, its development, and the notoriously difficult relationship between it and the critical philosophy. This collection of new essays by some of the leading commentators on Kant offers the first comprehensive assessment on the philosophical importance of this material and is of interest to historians of ideas and political theorists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521790383
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/27/2003
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors; 1. Introduction Brian Jacobs and Patrick Kain; 2. Historical notes and interpretive questions about Kant's lectures on anthropology Werner Stark; 3. Kant and the problem of human nature Allen W. Wood; 4. The second part of morals Robert B. Louden; 5. The guiding idea of Kant's anthropology and the vocation of the human being Reinhard Brandt; 6. Kantian character and the problem of a science of humanity Brian Jacobs; 7. Beauty, freedom and morality: Kant's Lectures on Anthropology and the development of his aesthetic theory Paul Guyer; 8. Kant's apology for sensibility Howard Caygill; 9. Kant's 'True economy of human nature': Rousseau, Count Verri and the problem of happiness Susan Meld Shell; 10. Prudential reason in Kant's anthropology Patrick Kain.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a valuable and timely work." Philosophy in Review

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