Kant and Idealism


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Distinguished scholar and philosopher Tom Rockmore examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion �idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, he surveys and classifies some of its major forms, giving particular attention to Kant. He 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 author 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 terms of the philosophical tradition, Rockmore contends, constructivism offers a lively, interesting, and important approach to knowledge after the decline of metaphysical realism.
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Kant and Idealism Review
Rockmore does an excellent job giving the historical development of what has been ambiguously labeled "idealism" from Plato to the the present. This book also serves another purpose: to situate Kant within the philosophical context both before and after him. In that way, this book serves as a summary of German Idealism.Since book reviews are not, in my opinion, the place to give a synopsis of the book, but only to share its merits and faults, I will conclude with this: Rockmore's book will be of particular worth to students interested in just what "idealism" means-- and depending on what you've been told, you may be in for a surprise!
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