Kant's Conception of Freedom
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Kant's Conception of Freedom

A Developmental and Critical Analysis

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Kant's Conception of Freedom

A Developmental and Critical Analysis

About this book

Although a good deal has been written about Kant's conception of free will in recent years, there has been no serious attempt to examine in detail the development of his views on the topic.This book endeavours to remedy the situation by tracing Kant's thoughts on free will from his earliest discussions of it in the 1750s through to his last accounts in the 1790s. This developmental approach is of interest for at least two reasons. First, it shows that the path that led Kant to view freedom as a transcendental power that is both radically distinct from and compatible with the causality of nature was a winding one. Second, it indicates that, despite the variety of views of free will that Kant held at various times, the concept occupied a central place in his thought, because it was the point of union between his theoretical and practical philosophy.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781107145115
eBook ISBN
9781108776202
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Modern Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Note on Sources and Key to Abbreviations and Translations
  10. 1 Kant's Writings of the 1750s and the Place in Them of the Free Will Issue
  11. 2 Kant's Theoretical Philosophy in the Early 1760s and Its Relation to His Conception of Freedom
  12. 3 Kant's Moral Philosophy in the Early 1760s
  13. 4 Kant's Dialogue with Rousseau Supplemented by His Dreams of a Spirit-Seer
  14. 5 From the ''Great Light'' to the ''Silent Decade'': Kant's Thoughts on Free Will 1769–1780
  15. 6 Kant's Account of Free Will in the Critique of Pure Reason
  16. 7 From the Critique of Pure Reason to the Groundwork
  17. 8 The Fact of Reason and Freedom in the Critique of Practical Reason
  18. 9 The Critique of the Power of Judgment and the Transition from Nature to Freedom
  19. 10 Kant's Final Thoughts on Free Will
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index