Kant's Idealism New Interpretations of a Controversial Doctrine
This key collection of essays sheds new light on long-debated controversies surrounding Kant’s doctrine of idealism and is the first book in the English language that is exclusively dedicated to the subject. Well-known Kantians Karl Ameriks and Manfred Ba
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The New Synthese Historical Library Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy VOLUME 66
Managing Editor: SIMO KNUUTTILA, University of Helsinki Associate Editors: DANIEL ELLIOT GARBER, Princeton University RICHARD SORABJI, University of London Editorial Consultants: JAN A. AERTSEN, Thomas-Institut, Universität zu Köln ROGER ARIEW, University of South Florida E. JENNIFER ASHWORTH, University of Waterloo MICHAEL AYERS, Wadham College, Oxford GAIL FINE, Cornell University R. J. HANKINSON, University of Texas JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University PAUL HOFFMAN, University of California, Riverside DAVID KONSTAN, Brown University RICHARD H. KRAUT, Northwestern University, Evanston ALAIN DE LIBERA, Université de Genève JOHN E. MURDOCH, Harvard University DAVID FATE NORTON, McGill University LUCA OBERTELLO, Università degli Studi di Genova ELEONORE STUMP, St. Louis University ALLEN WOOD, Stanford University
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Dennis Schulting · Jacco Verburgt Editors
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Editors Dr. Dennis Schulting University of Amsterdam Department of Philosophy Oude Turfmarkt 141–147 1012 GC Amsterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
Dr. Jacco Verburgt VU University Amsterdam Faculty of Philosophy De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-9718-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9719-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9719-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The theme of this collection of essays concerns a longstanding issue in Kant studies, namely Kant’s controversial doctrine of idealism, most notably his notion of ‘the thing-in-itself’ and its distinction from ‘appearance’, which is Kant’s term for an empirically real object but of which he also notoriously says that it is a ‘mere representation’. The question surrounding that somewhat nebulous notion of a ‘thing-in-itself’ is one of those perennial questions for Kant commentators, who after more than 200 years of Kant scholarship haven’t been overcome by consensus as to how even to interpret Kantian idealism and the attendant distinction between appearance and thing-in-itself, let alone weigh its philosophical merits. What is it about Kant’s idealism that still occupies the minds of so many Kantians and non-Kantians alike? Why and how is it different from standard idealism about objects? How do Kant’s commitment to the empirical realism of objects as appearances and his denial of thei
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