Freedom and Reason in Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard

by Michelle Kosch

Overview

Michelle Kosch examines the conceptions of free will and the foundations of ethics in the work of Kant, Schelling, and Kierkegaard. She seeks to understand the history of German idealism better by looking at it through the lens of these issues, and to understand Kierkegaard better by placing his thought in this context. Kosch argues for a new interpretation of Kierkegaard's theory of agency, that Schelling was a major influence and Kant a major target of criticism, and that both the theory and the criticisms are highly relevant to contemporary debates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199289110
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/27/2006
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	9.26(w) x 6.36(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Michelle Kosch is Professor of Philosophy at the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Kant's account of freedom2. Kant on autonomy and moral evil3. Idealism and autonomy in Schelling's early systems4. Freedom against reason: Schelling's Freiheitsschrift and later work5. 'Despair' in the pseudonymous works, and Kierkegaard's double incompatibilism6. Religiousness B and agencyConclusion