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Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists Ryan Kemp

Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists By Ryan Kemp

Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists by Ryan Kemp


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In his late work, Kant struggles to answer a straightforward, yet surprisingly difficult, question: how is radical conversion possible? This book examines how this question gets taken up by Kants philosophical heirs: Schelling, Fichte, Hegel and Kierkegaard.

Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists Summary

Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists by Ryan Kemp

In his late work Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, Immanuel Kant struggles to answer a straightforward, yet surprisingly difficult, question: how is radical conversiona complete reorientation of a persons most deeply held valuespossible? In this book, Ryan S. Kemp and Christopher Iacovetti examine how this question gets taken up by Kants philosophical heirs: Schelling, Fichte, Hegel and Kierkegaard. More than simply developing a novel account of each thinkers position, Kemp and Iacovetti trace how each philosopher formulates his theory in response to tensions in preceding views, culminating in Kierkegaards claim that radical conversion lies outside a persons control. Kemp and Iacovetti close by examining some of the moral-psychological implications of Kierkegaards account, particularly the question of how someone might responsibly relate to values that have, by their own admission, been acquired in contingent and accidental fashion.

Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists Reviews

"This carefully argued and erudite study is provocative in more than one way . . . From start to finish, the authors arguments are articulated with close attention to the central texts and advanced in critical dialogue with some of the finest recent scholarship."

Steven Hoeltzel, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

About Ryan Kemp

Ryan S. Kemp is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College (IL). His research focuses on 18th - and 19th -century European philosophy, especially the work of Kant and Kierkegaard. His recent work has appeared in Archiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and European Journal of Philosophy.

Christopher Iacovetti is a graduate student in philosophy and religion, with research interests in German Idealism, Christian Platonism, and autobiographical literature. Previous work of his has appeared in Epoche: A Journal for the History of Philosophy, Modern Theology, and Pro Ecclesia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Self Transformation Puzzle

Part I: Radical Conversion in Kant and the German Idealists

Chapter 1: The Problem of Conversion in Kants Religion

Chapter 2: Schelling on Conversion from Dogmatism to Criticism

Chapter 3: Fichte on Becoming an Idealist

Chapter 4: Hegel on Culture, Philosophy, and Conversion

Part II: Kierkegaards Break with the German Tradition

Chapter 5: Kierkegaards Challenge to the Rational Affirmation Tradition

Chapter 6: Kierkegaards Grace Account of Conversion

Chapter 7: A Kierkegaardian Case for Ethical Faith

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NPB9780367517458
9780367517458
0367517450
Reason and Conversion in Kierkegaard and the German Idealists by Ryan Kemp
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2022-08-01
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