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An erudite quartet of essays on Kant, December 27, 2010
This review is from: The Unity of Reason: Essays on Kant's Philosophy (Hardcover)
This volume contains four lengthy essays on aspects of Kant's philosophy, loosely united around the topics of subjectivity and reason (Vernunft, as opposed to Verstand [the intellect or understanding]). Henrich is extremely well-versed in the intellectual history of Kant's period, and extraordinarily familiar with the fine details of Kant's writings. The first essay is reconstruction of what Kant means by the transcendental unity of subjectivity, and includes a balanced but generally critical evaluation of Heidegger's interpretation of Kant. The second and third essays illuminatingly discuss the role reason plays in Kant's moral philosophy. The fourth and longest essay is a painstakingly nuanced interpretation of one of the most frequently discussed passages in the Critique of Pure Reason, the transcendental deduction. Henrich is the twentieth century's foremost interpreter of Kantian idealism, and these essays form a fine introduction to his work for an English-speaking audience.
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