Eleanor Helms

Kierkegaard and the Structure of Imagination

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book examines Hans Christian [rsted's use of thought experiments and his influence on Kierkegaard, arguing that both were inspired by Kant. It is the first book-length study of how Kierkegaard used thought experiments as a method, showing the implications for our contemporary understanding of how thought experiments work."--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781009594936
• ISBN-10: 1009594931
• Artikelnr.: 73732849

Autorenporträt

Eleanor Helms is Professor of Philosophy at California Polytechnic State University. She is co-editor of The Kierkegaardian Mind (2019) and has published articles in numerous journals and collections.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Origins of 'Thought Experiment' in Kant and Ørsted: 1. Thought experiments as tools of cognition
2. How thought experiments work
3. Ørsted, mach, and the history of thought experiment
4. Empiricism and kantian accounts of thought experiment
5. Rationalism and the question of intellectual intuition
Part II. A Kantian Account of Thought Experiment: 6. Varieties of cognition
7. An Apparatus for cognition
8. Cognizing regulative ideas
9. Bizarre cases and context: two problems for thought experiments
Part III. Kierkegaard and the Concept of Thought Experiment: 10. Kierkegaard and the concept of thought experiment
11. Controlled experiments
12. Repetition as thought experiment: a method of variation
13. Kantian strains in stages on life's way
14. Cognition as synthesis
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.