The Science of Knowing
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The Science of Knowing

J. G. Fichte's 1804 Lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre

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The Science of Knowing

J. G. Fichte's 1804 Lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre

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Considered by some to be his most important text, this series of lectures given by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) at his home in Berlin in 1804 is widely regarded as the most perspicuous presentation of his fundamental philosophy. Now available in English, this translation provides in striking and original language Fichte's exploration of the transcendental foundations of experience and knowing in ways that go beyond Kant and Reinhold and charts a promising, novel pathway for German Idealism. Through a close examination of this work one can see that Fichte's thought is much more than a way station between Kant and Hegel, thus making the case for Fichte's independent philosophical importance. The text is divided into two parts: a doctrine of truth or reason, and a doctrine of appearance. A central feature of the text is its performative dimension. Philosophy, for Fichte, is something we enact rather than any discursively expressible object of awareness; a philosophical truth is not expressible as a set of propositions but is a spontaneous inwardly occurring realization. Therefore, he always regards the expression of philosophy in words as strategic, aiming to ignite philosophy's essentially inward process and to arouse the event of philosophical insight. The new translation contains a German-English glossary and an extensive introduction and notes by the translator.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780791483220
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. THE SCIENCE OF KNOWING: J. G. Fichte’s 1804 Lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. First Lecture: Monday, April 16, 1804
  6. 2. Second Lecture: Wednesday, April 18, 1804
  7. 3. Third Lecture: Thursday, April 19, 1804
  8. 4. Fourth Lecture: Friday, April 20, 1804
  9. 5. Fifth Lecture: Monday, April 23, 1804
  10. 6. Sixth Lecture: Thursday, April 26, 1804
  11. 7. Seventh Lecture: Friday, April 27, 1804
  12. 8. Eighth Lecture: Monday, April 30, 1804
  13. 9. Ninth Lecture: Wednesday, May 2, 1804
  14. 10. Tenth Lecture: Thursday, May 3, 1804
  15. 11. Eleventh Lecture: Friday, May 4, 1804
  16. 12. Twelfth Lecture: Monday, May 7, 1804
  17. 13. Thirteenth Lecture: Wednesday, May 9, 1804
  18. 14. Fourteenth Lecture: Thursday, May 10, 1804
  19. 15. Fifteenth Lecture: Friday, May 11, 1804 --N.B. Which Contains the Basic Proposition
  20. 16. Sixteenth Lecture: Tuesday, May 15, 1804
  21. 17. Seventeenth Lecture: Wednesday, May 16, 1804
  22. 18. Eighteenth Lecture: Thursday, May 17, 1804
  23. 19. Nineteenth Lecture: Friday, May 18, 1804
  24. 20. Twentieth Lecture: Wednesday, May 23, 1804
  25. 21. Twenty-first Lecture: Thursday, May 24, 1804
  26. 22. Twenty-second Lecture: Monday, May 28, 1804
  27. 23. Twenty-third Lecture: Wednesday, May 30, 1804
  28. 24. Twenty-fourth Lecture: Thursday, May 31, 1804
  29. 25. Twenty-fifth Lecture: Friday, June 1, 1804
  30. 26. Twenty-sixth Lecture: Monday, June 4, 1804
  31. 27. Twenty-seventh Lecture: Wednesday, June 6, 1804
  32. 28. Twenty-eighth Lecture: Friday, June 8, 1804
  33. Appendix
  34. Notes
  35. German-English Glossary
  36. Index