521422

9780226093949

Coherence of Kant's Doctrine of Freedom

Coherence of Kant's Doctrine of Freedom
$99.12
$3.95 Shipping
  • Condition: New
  • Provider: gridfreed
  • Provider Rating:
    68%
  • Ships From: San Diego, CA
  • Shipping: Standard
  • Comments: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

seal  
$3.51
$3.95 Shipping
List Price
$42.50
Discount
91% Off
You Save
$38.99

  • Condition: Very Good
  • Provider: BooksFromCalifornia
  • Provider Rating:
    94%
  • Ships From: Simi Valley, CA
  • Shipping: Standard, Expedited

seal  
  • ISBN-13: 9780226093949
  • ISBN: 0226093948
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press

AUTHOR

Carnois, Bernard, Booth, David

SUMMARY

The termfreedomappears in many contexts in Kant's work, ranging from the cosmological to the moral to the theological. Can the diverse meanings Kant gave to the term be ordered systematically? To ask that question is to test the consistency and coherence of Kant's thought in its entirety. Widely praised when first published in France, The Coherence of Kant's Doctrine of Freedom articulates and interrelates the disparate senses of freedom in Kant's work. Bernard Carnois organizes all Kant's usages into a logical "grammar," isolating and defining the individual meanings and pointing out their implications and limits. In a first step, he shows how Kant's notion ofintelligible charactermakes possible a synthesis of transcendental freedom, as a problematic concept of theoretical reason, and practical freedom, as a fact demonstrated by experience. He then develops the concept of freedom under the rubric of the will's autonomy in the context of the moral law. And finally, Carnois persistently explores the role of negativity in Kant's idea of freedom. For within the magisterial coherence of the system the imperfection of human finitude is inscribed. This introduces the "history" of our freedom--a freedom which posits itself, but then inevitably denies itself, even while preserving the possibility of its regeneration. The only work in English to consider in detail all of Kant's writings on freedom, this book also introduces French Kant scholars whose works have often been unavailable to English-speaking readers. As both an interpretation of Kant and a trenchant analysis of the relationship between ethical commitments and metaphysical assumptions, it will be a useful addition to moral, religious, and political philosophy as well as to Kant scholarship.Carnois, Bernard is the author of 'Coherence of Kant's Doctrine of Freedom' with ISBN 9780226093949 and ISBN 0226093948.

[read more]

Questions about purchases?

You can find lots of answers to common customer questions in our FAQs

View a detailed breakdown of our shipping prices

Learn about our return policy

Still need help? Feel free to contact us

View college textbooks by subject
and top textbooks for college

The ValoreBooks Guarantee

The ValoreBooks Guarantee

With our dedicated customer support team, you can rest easy knowing that we're doing everything we can to save you time, money, and stress.