- Introduction
- 1. Kant, Hamann, and the Rise of the Sturm und Drang
- A. Hamann’s Historical and Philosophical Significance
- B. The London Conversion and Its Philosophical Consequences
- C. The Summer of 1759: The Stirrings of the Sturm und Drang
- D. The Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten
- E. Kant, Hamann, and the Optimism Controversy
- F. The Kinderphysik Fiasco
- G. Aesthetica in nuce and Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics
- H. The “Metakritik”: Genesis, Contents, and Consequences
- 2. Jacobi and the Pantheism Controversy
- A. The Historical Significance of the Pantheism Controversy
- B. The Rise of Spinozism in Germany, 1680–1786
- C. The Dispute over Lessing’s Spinozism
- D. The Philosophical Significance of the Controversy
- E. Jacobi’s First Critique of Reason
- F. Jacobi’s Second Critique of Reason
- G. Jacobi’s Defense of Faith
- 3. Mendelssohn and the Pantheism Controversy
- A. Mendelssohn’s Place in the History of Philosophy
- B. In Defense of Reason
- C. Mendelssohn’s Nightmare, or, the Method of Orientation
- D. The Critique of Spinozism and Purified Pantheism
- E. Mendelssohn’s Covert Critique of Kant
- 4. Kant, Jacobi, and Wizenmann in Battle
- A. Thomas Wizenmann’s Resultate
- B. Kant’s Contribution to the Pantheism Controversy
- C. Wizenmann’s Reply to Kant
- D. Jacobi’s Attack on Kant
- 5. Herder’s Philosophy of Mind
- A. Herder and the Eighteenth-Century Philosophy of Mind
- B. Herder on the Origin of Language
- C. Hamann and Herder’s Debate over the Origin of Language
- D. Herder’s Genetic Method
- E. The Principles of Herder’s Vitalism
- F. Kant’s Quarrel with Herder
- G. The Kant–Herder Controversy and the Origins of the Third Kritik
- H. Herder and the Pantheism Controversy
- 6. The Attack of the Lockeans
- A. Popularphilosophie: A Sketch of a Movement
- B. Highlights of the Lockean Campaign against Kant
- C. The Garve Affair
- D. Two Early Critics: C.G. Selle and D. Tiedemann
- E. The Lockean Ringleader, J.C. Feder
- F. Feder’s Circle: A.G. Tittel and A. Weishaupt
- G. The Good Pastor Pistorius
- 7. The Revenge of the Wolffians
- A. Leitmotivs of the Wolffian Campaign
- B. Revolution versus Reaction
- C. The Wolffian Defense of Metaphysics
- D. The Thorn in Kant’s Side, J.A. Ulrich
- E. The Scrooge of Tübingen, J.F. Flatt
- F. Platner’s Meta-Critical Skepticism
- G. The Eberhard Controversy
- H. The Consequences of the Wolfflan Campaign
- 8. Reinhold’s Elementarphilosophie
- A. Reinhold’s Historical Significance
- B. Reinhold’s Early Quarrel with Kant
- C. Reinhold’s Briefe and Conversion to the Critical Philosophy
- D. The Path toward the Elementarphilosophie
- E. Reinhold’s Critique of Kant and the Aims of the Elementarphilosophie
- F. Reinhold’s Methodology
- G. Reinhold’s Phenomenological Project
- H. Reinhold’s Proposition of Consciousness and the New Theory of Representation
- I. The Crisis of the Elementarphilosophie
- 9. Schulze’s Skepticism
- A. Schulze’s Historical Significance and Influence
- B. Schulze’s Meta-Critical Skepticism
- C. The Critique of Reinhold
- D. The Meta-Critique of Kant
- E. Strengths and Weaknesses of Schulze’s Skepticism
- 10. Maimon’s Critical Philosophy
- A. Maimon’s Historical Significance and the Question of the Unity of His Thought
- B. Maimon’s Skepticism
- C. The Idea of an Infinite Understanding
- D. The Theory of Differentials
- E. The New Theory of Space and Time
- F. The Critical Middle Path
- G. The Elimination of the Thing-in-Itself
- H. Maimon’s Transcendental Logic
- I. The Principle of Determinability
- J. Maimon’s Controversy with Reinhold
- K. Maimon versus Schulze
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
The Fate of Reason
German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte
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