The philosophical thought of J. G. Fichte, particularly his later work, is at the very center of a paradigm shift currently underway in the field of German Idealism. Crucial to this reassessment is Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre Nova Methodo of 1796/99, the manuscript at the heart of this collection and an articulation of the philosopher's Wissenshaftslehre, or overall system of p...(展开全部)

In the New Essays on Human Understanding, Leibniz argues chapter by chapter with John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, challenging his views about knowledge, personal identity, God, morality, mind and matter, nature versus nurture, logic and language, and a host of other topics. The work is a series of sharp, deep discussions by one great philosopher of the work of...(展开全部)

In the New Essays on Human Understanding, Leibniz argues chapter by chapter with John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, challenging his views about knowledge, personal identity, God, morality, mind and matter, nature versus nurture, logic and language, and a host of other topics. The work is a series of sharp, deep discussions by one great philosopher of the work of...(展开全部)

Fichtes in den Jahren nach 1800 in stets neuen Fassungen und Entwürfen vorgetragene spätere Wissenschaftslehre erscheint uns heute als geheimnisvoll dunkel, in der Diktion eigenwillig und in ihrem reflexiven Aufbau von verwirrender Komplexität. Und doch verdichtet sie sich immer wieder zu Passagen, in denen unsere Selbsterfahrung im Erkennen in eindringlicher Weise zum Ausdruck...(展开全部)

Challenging Locke's views in Essays on Human Understanding chapter by chapter, Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussion of the ideas and institutions of the age make this work a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas.

Challenging Locke's views in Essays on Human Understanding chapter by chapter, Leibniz's references to his contemporaries and his discussion of the ideas and institutions of the age make this work a fascinating and valuable document in the history of ideas.

The topics of a priori knowledge and a priori justification have long played a prominent part in epistemology and the theory of meaning. Recently there has been a surge of interest in the proper explication of these notions. These newly commissioned essays, by a distinguished, international group of philosophers, will have a substantial influence on later work in this area. The...(展开全部)

The first English translation of Fichte's second set of 1804 lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre.

The first English translation of Fichte's second set of 1804 lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre.