The Rise of Neo-Kantianism: German Academic Philosophy between Idealism and Positivism (Ideas in Context, Series Number 20)

This translation of the author's account of the impact on the history of philosophy of the amorphous movement known as "NeoKantianism" combines statistical analysis of courses taught at German universities with a broader speculation on the political and social tastes of the thinkers discussed. Foreword (Lewis White Beck) 2 Introduction 7 PART I: THE ABANDONMENT OF GERMAN IDEALISM (1830-1848) 15 1. Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg as Mediator between Idealism and Neo-Kantianism 16 2. The Rise of an Autonomous Discipline Called Erkenntnistheorie 41 PART II: PHILOSOPHY IN THE POST-MARCH PERIOD AND THE NEO-KANTIAN PROGRAMMATA (1849-1865) 72 3. Philosophical Trends of the Post-March Period and the Programmata of the 'Sceptical Generation' 73 4. The Philosophical Crisis at the Time of the 'New Era' 112 PART III: THE DISSEMINATION OF NEO-KANTIANISM (1865-1881) 153 5. From Lange's Critique of Materialism to Cohen's Critique of Experience 154 6. The Preconditions of the Rapid Dissemination of Neo-Kantianism in the 1870s 201 7. The Phase of Differentiation between Neo-Kantianism and Positivism (1875-1881) 243 Index 285 This is a translation of a work increasingly recognized as one of the most important and innovative contributions to the history of philosophy in recent times. Kohnke's account of the impact of the amorphous movement known as neo-Kantianism combines statistical analysis of the actual courses taught at German universities with broader speculation on the political and social tastes of the thinkers discussed. A major contribution to the intellectual history of the nineteenth century, Kohnke's book has profound implications for the way in which the history of philosophy is pursued. Lewis White Beck, the dean of American scholars in this field, has provided a foreword to R. J. Hollingdale's lucid translation, and the whole is likely to have an impact well beyond specialists in nineteenth-century German thought. Klaus Christian Kröhnke ; Translated By R.j. Hollingdale. Translation Of: Entstehung Und Aufstieg Des Neukantianismus. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.