Wilhelm Windelband's Historical Philosophy: The Path from Neo-Kantianism to Neo-Hegelianism

Within the broader reevaluation of the Neo-Kantian movement, this book undertakes the task of reconstructing Wilhelm Windelband’s philosophical endeavor. Windelband’s philosophical program was centered on the synthesis of two seemingly antithetical forces: transcendental philosophy and historical consciousness. He possessed a keen awareness of the intricacies inherent to historical thought and the compelling necessity to reformulate transcendental philosophy in terms of a true historical philosophy. This conceptual evolution ultimately steers his philosophical program away from its initial Neo-Kantian roots, giving rise to a novel strain of Neo-Hegelianism. Cover Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction Fist Part Historical Philosophy and Neo-Kantianism 1. Historical Philosophy 1.1. The Scope of Historical Philosophy 1.2. The Concept of Historical PhilosophyHistorical Philosophy 1.3. Origin and Development of Historical Philosophy 1.4. Historical Philosophy and Neo-Kantianism 1.5. Conclusions 2. Neo-Kantian Philosophy 2.1. Main Challenges of defining Neo-Kantianism 2.2. The Return to Kant 2.2.1. Eduard Zeller and the Task of the Theory of Knowledge 2.2.2. Kuno Fischer’s Interpretation of Kant 2.2.3. Lotze’s Realm of Validity 2.3. Conclusions Second Part Windelband’s Philosophical Program 3. Philosophical Preludes 3.1. Bio-Bibliographical Sketch 3.2. Windelband’s Definition of Philosophy 3.2.1. Judgment and Assessment 3.2.2. Normative ConsciousnessNormative Consciousness 3.3. Socrates and Kant 3.4. Teleological CriticismTeleological Criticism 3.5. Conclusions 4. History and the Philosophical Method 4.1. The Critical MethodCritical Method 4.1.1. Philosophical Background of Windelband’s Conception of the Philosophical Method 4.1.2. Windelband’s Interpretation of the Critical MethodCritical Method 4.2. Psychology as the Organon of Philosophy 4.3. History as the Organon of Philosophy 4.4. History and Historical Relativism 4.5. Conclusions 5. The Philosophy of History 5.1. The Logic of History 5.2. History and the Natural Sciences 5.3. History and Norms 5.4. The Philosophy of History 5.5. Conclusions 6. The History of Philosophy 6.1. The Epochal Context 6.2. The Necessity of the History of Philosophy 6.3. The History of ProblemsHistory of Problems 6.4. Conclusions Third Part Historical Philosophy acknowledged 7. From Neo-Kantianism to Neo-HegelianismHegelianism 7.1. The RenewalRenewal of HegelianismHegelianism 7.2. Philosophy of Culture and Historical Philosophy 7.3. Über Hegel hinausgehen? 7.4. Conclusions Conclusions Bibliography