Interest in German Idealism--not just Kant, but Fichte and Hegel as
well--has recently developed within analytic philosophy, which
traditionally defined itself in opposition to the Idealist
tradition. Yet one obstacle remains especially intractable: the
Idealists' longstanding claim that philosophy must be systematic.
In this work, the first overview of the German Idealism that is
both conceptual and methodological, Paul W. Franks offers a
philosophical reconstruction that is true to the movement's own
times and resources and, at the same time, deeply relevant to
contemporary thought.
At the center of the book are some neglected but critical
questions about German Idealism: Why do Fichte, Schelling, and
Hegel think that philosophy's main task is the construction of a
system? Why do they think that every part of this system must
derive from a single, immanent and absolute principle? Why, in
short, must it be all or nothing? Through close examination of the
major Idealists as well as the overlooked figures who influenced
their reading of Kant, Franks explores the common ground and
divergences between the philosophical problems that motivated Kant
and those that, in turn, motivated the Idealists. The result is a
characterization of German Idealism that reveals its sources as
well as its pertinence--and its challenge--to contemporary
philosophical naturalism.
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