Presenting new critical perspectives on J.G. Fichteâs Wissenschaftslehre, this volume of English articles by an international group of scholars addresses the topic of first principles in Fichteâs writings. Especially discussed are the central text of his Jena period, the 1794/95 Grundlage der gesammten Wissenschaftslehre, as well as later versions like the Wissenschaftslehre nova methodo (1796-99) and the presentations of 1804 and 1805. Also included are new studies on the first principles of the particular sub-disciplines of Fichteâs system, such as the doctrines of aesthetics, nature, right, ethics, and history.
Vorwort / Preface: Fichteâs First Principles and the Total System of the Wissenschaftslehre Beiträgerverzeichnis / Notes on Contributors
Teil 1 / Part 1 Fichteâs Earliest Reflections on First Principles
1 Fichteâs First First Principles, in the Aphorisms on Religion and Deism (1790) and Prior
âJason Yonover
2 General Logic and the Foundational Demonstration of the First Principle in Fichteâs Eigene Meditationen and Early Wissenschaftslehre
âDavid Sommer
3 The First Principle of Philosophy in Fichteâs 1794 Aenesidemus Review
âElise Frketich
Teil 2 / Part 2 The First Principles of the Wissenschaftslehre
4 Why Is the First Principle of the Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre Foundational for Fichteâs Entire Wissenschaftslehre?
âAlexander Schnell
5 Difference within Identity? Fichteâs Reevaluation of the First Principle of Philosophy in § 5 of the Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre
âPhilipp Schwab
6 âThe Subsequent Delivery of the Deductionâ â Fichteâs Transformation of Kantâs Deduction of the Categories
âGesa Wellmann
7 From Being Reflexive to Absolute Reflection â Fichteâs Original Insight Reconsidered
âStefan Schick
8 The First Principle of the Wissenschaftslehre and the Logical Principle of Identity
âEsma Kayar
9 Facticity and Genesis: Tracking Fichteâs Method in the Berlin Wissenschaftslehre
âG. Anthony Bruno
10 âKnowledge Is Existenceâ â Ascent to the First Principle in Fichteâs 1805 Erlangen Wissenschaftslehre
âRobert G. Seymour
Teil 3 / Part 3 The First Principles of the Sub-Disciplines of the Wissenschaftslehre
11 The Monogram of the âSweet Songstress of the Nightâ: The Hovering of the Imagination as the First Principle of Fichteâs Aesthetics
âLaure Cahen-Maurel
12 Fichteâs First Principle of Right
âMichael Nance
13 On I-Hood as the Speculative Ground of Fichteâs Real Ethics
âKienhow Goh
14 The Role of First Principles in Fichteâs Philosophy of History
âPavel Reichl
15 Circumvolutions of the Mind: Fichte on First Principles and Transcendental Circuits
âCarlos Zorrilla Piña
Teil 4 / Part 4 Freie Beiträge
16 âTranscendentalâ in Kant and Fichte: A Conceptual Shift and Its Philosophical Meaning
âElena Ficara
17 Fichtes Kolleg âMoral für Gelehrteâ â Jena 1794â1795: Zur Geschichte von âÃber Geist und Buchstabenâ
âRicardo Barbosa
18 Die gelehrte Bildung nach der göttlichen Idee in Ãber das Wesen des Gelehrten
âQuentin Landenne
19 Fichteâs Original Insight Reviewed
âRoberto Horácio Sá Pereira
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Die späten wissenschaftlichen Vorlesungen IV, 1: Transzendentale Logik 1 (1812). Neu herausgegeben von Hans Georg von Manz und Ives Radrizzani. Unter Mitarbeit von Erich Fuchs
âZhu Lei
Thomas Sören Hoffmann (Hrsg.), Fichtes Geschlossener Handelsstaat. Beiträge zur ErschlieÃung eines Anti-Klassikers
âKonstantinos Masmanidis
Register / Index
Anyone interested in Kant and German Idealism (Reinhold, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel), and the topic of First Principles in the history of philosophy.