
The Concept of Will in Classical German Philosophy
Between Ethics, Politics, and Metaphysics
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2024
Book
Hardback
VI, 272 pages
978-3-11-064912-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume collects thirteen original essays that address the concept of will in Classical German Philosophy from Kant to Schopenhauer. During this short, but prolific period, the concept of will underwent various transformations. While Kant identifies the will with pure practical reason, Fichte introduces, in the wake of Reinhold, an originally biological concept of drive into his ethical theory, thereby expanding on the Kantian notion of the will. Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer take a step further and conceive the will either as a primal being (Schelling), as a socio-ontological entity (Hegel), or as a blindly striving, non-rational force (Schopenhauer). Thus, the history of the will is marked by a complex set of tensions between rational and non-rational aspects of practical volition. The book outlines these transformations from a historical and systematic point of view. It offers an overview of the most important theories of the will by the major figures of Classical German Philosophy, but also includes interpretations of conceptions developed by lesser-studied philosophers such as Maimon, Jacobi, Reinhold, and Bouterwek.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
2 Abbildungen
2 ill.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
623 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-064912-3 (9783110649123)
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Manja Kisner | Jörg Noller
The Concept of Will in Classical German Philosophy
Between Ethics, Politics, and Metaphysics
E-Book
06/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€114.95
Available for download

Manja Kisner | Jörg Noller
The Concept of Will in Classical German Philosophy
Between Ethics, Politics, and Metaphysics
E-Book
06/2020
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€114.95
Available for download
Persons
Manja Kisner
and
Jörg Noller
, LMU Munich.