What is it about?
This essay explains and defends Hegel's critique of Kant's own "critical" philosophy. In it I argue that, for Hegel, Kant's thought is not critical enough, because it rests on certain conceptual distinctions (such as those between form and content, and subject and object) that Kant never challenges.
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Why is it important?
The essay is an original study of Hegel's critique of Kant that takes account of the limitations in Hegel's understanding of Kant, but that nevertheless shows his critique to be persuasive.
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I have written on Hegel's critique of Kant before, but in my view this essay represents my most detailed and careful discussion of this topic. The essay presents an original perspective on this topic and will, I hope, help to open Hegel's thought to readers who perhaps know Kant better than Hegel.
Stephen Houlgate
University of Warwick
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This page is a summary of: Hegel’s Critique of Kant, Hegel-Jahrbuch, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/hgjb-2016-0105.
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