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This collection of new essays, the first of its kind in English, considers the ways in which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant engages with the views of lesser-known eighteenth-century German thinkers. Each chapter casts new light on aspects of Kant's complex relationship with these figures, particularly with respect to key aspects of his logic, metaphysics, epistemology, theory of science, and ethics. The portrait of Kant that emerges is of a major thinker thoroughly engaged with his contemporaries - drawing on their ideas and approaches, targeting their arguments for criticism and responding to their concerns, and seeking to secure the legacy of his thought among them. This volume will open the door for further research on Kant and his methods of philosophical inquiry, while introducing readers to the distinctive and influential philosophical contributions of several previously neglected figures.

This collection of new essays, the first of its kind in English, considers the ways in which the philosophy of Immanuel Kant engages with the views of lesser-known eighteenth-century German thinkers. Each chapter casts new light on aspects of Kant's complex relationship with these figures, particularly with respect to key aspects of his logic, metaphysics, epistemology, theory of science, and ethics. The portrait of Kant that emerges is of a major thinker thoroughly engaged with his contemporaries - drawing on their ideas and approaches, targeting their arguments for criticism and responding to their concerns, and seeking to secure the legacy of his thought among them. This volume will open the door for further research on Kant and his methods of philosophical inquiry, while introducing readers to the distinctive and influential philosophical contributions of several previously neglected figures.

The series, founded in 1970, publishes works that combine philosophical-historical studies with a systematic approach or systematic studies with philosophical-historical reconstructions. It accepts monographs both in German and in English. A condition for inclusion in the series is a positive peer review process. The series is open for open access publications. Current editors are: Michael Quante (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) and Dominik Perler (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). Founding editors are: Erhard Scheibe (editor until 1991), Günther Patzig (until 1999) and Wolfgang Wieland (until 2003). From 1990 to 2007 the series was co-edited by Jürgen Mittelstraß and from 2005 to 2020 by Jens Halfwassen.

Der Göttinger Philosoph Michael Hißmann (1752-1784), der nicht nur, aber auch seiner materialistischen Positionen wegen ein besonderes Interesse der Philosophiegeschichte verdient, pflegte ein weitgespanntes Netz von Korrespondenzen mit Freunden und Kollegen. Der erst kürzlich wiederaufgefundene Nachlass Hißmanns ermöglicht jetzt eine umfassende Dokumentation dieses Briefwechsels. Zu Hißmanns Briefpartnern gehörten mit Christian Garve, Christian Konrad Wilhelm Dohm, Karl Franz von Irwing und Jakob Mauvillon herausragende Vertreter der intellektuellen Prominenz des späten 18. Jahrhunderts. Beispielhaft lassen sich an diesem Briefkorpus nicht allein die Alltagskultur eines prekären Gelehrtenlebens im späten 18. Jahrhundert nachvollziehen, sondern auch die wissenschaftspolitischen Dimensionen eines radikalaufklärerischen Programms nachzeichnen.