Kant and Idealism
Tom Rockmore
Abstract
This book examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion—idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, the book surveys and classifies some of its major forms, giving particular attention to Kant. It argues that Kant provides the all-important link between three main types of idealism: those associated with Plato, the new way of ideas, and German idealism. The book also makes a case for the contemporary relevance of at least one strand in the tangled idealist web, a strand most clearly identified with Kant: constructivism. In t ... More
Keywords: idealism, Kant, Plato, ideas, German realism, constructivism, metaphysical realism, knowledge
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300120080 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300120080.001.0001 |
