Kant and Idealism

This much-needed book examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion - idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, Tom Rockmore surveys and classifies some of its major forms. He argues that Kant provides the essential link between three main types of idealism associated with Plato, the new way of ideas, and G...

This much-needed book examines one of the great lacunae of contemporary philosophical discussion - idealism. Addressing the widespread confusion about the meaning and use of the term, Tom Rockmore surveys and classifies some of its major forms. He argues that Kant provides the essential link between three main types of idealism 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. In terms of the philosophical tradition, Rockmore contends, constructivism offers a lively, interesting, and important approach to knowledge after the decline of metaphysical realism.

汤姆·罗克莫尔（Tom Rockmore），美国杜肯大学（Duquesne University）哲学教授，美国费希特协会创办人之一，2007年夏季北京大学富布赖特基金讲习教授。罗克莫尔教授著作等身，已出版个人专著18部，发表论文300多篇。因其在德国古典哲学、现象学、分析哲学和马克思哲学等领域有重要研究，曾被邀请在多国举行300余场学术报告。主要作品有：《马克思主义以后的马克思》、《在康德的召唤下》及〈康德和观念论〉等。