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The purpose of this anthology is to bring together in one volume
some of the texts published in the series "Werkprofile", which
focus on Kant’s relationship to his philosophical contemporaries
and predecessors, and to make them accessible to a wider audience
in English. In doing so, the volume is aimed at those who have an
interest in better understanding the premises of Kant's philosophy,
its historical context, and the development of many of Kant’s
fundamental ideas. As it is often hard to glean philosophical
motivation directly from reading Kant’s texts, understanding
Kant’s commitment to answering certain questions and his silence
on others, requires a historical approach. This broader purview
will also be helpful for grasping deeper systematic questions at
work throughout Kant’s philosophy. The anthology thus aims at
inviting a more wide-angled view of Kant’s philosophy by focusing
on overlooked references and historical figures. Scholarship on
these references is still at an early stage, even though important
steps have been taken in this direction in recent years. The aim of
our volume is to build on this development and to supplement and
expand the content of existing research.
On the basis of the Thomist and Pietist tradition, Christian August
Crusius (1715-1775) elaborated a philosophically challenging and
influential alternative to the philosophy of Christian Wolff. For
the first time, this edited collection offers a rigorous overview
of the work of the Leipzig-based philosopher and theologian.
Kanta (TM)s definition of substance is the focus of this
philosophical study. The analysis shows that an adequate
understanding of the term and the a oecriticala metaphysics of the
substance which result from it must take into account the
philosophical controversy over the simple substance in the first
half of the 18th century dominated by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and
Christian Wolff. It is only against this background that the
complexity and inconsistence of the a oecriticala concept of
substance becomes fully apparent.
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