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The Legacy of Kant in Contemporary Philosophy

Critical Perspectives and New Responses

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The Legacy of Kant in Contemporary Philosophy

Critical Perspectives and New Responses

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A collection of essays examining the topicality of Kant's thought and its impact on the development of contemporary philosophy.

How can Kant's philosophy inspire us to search for new solutions to problems in contemporary debates? Which Kantian ideas, if any, are still relevant? Should we re-evaluate Kantian ideas from the perspective of the current state of philosophy, and if so, in what way?

Written in the year of his 300th birthday, this collection addresses these questions and examines the topicality of Kant's thought and its impact on the development of contemporary philosophy. With renowned scholars approaching Kant's philosophy from multiple perspectives spanning across Science and Metaphysics, Perspectives on Mind, Moral Faith and Rational Religion, and Enlightenment, the essays here demonstrate a still-live intertwinement of Kant's thought and ongoing philosophical debates. They shed new light on Kant's major influence on key thinkers of the 20th century, from Heidegger to Rawls, from Sellars to McDowell, and how his ideas continue to inform issues in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, political and moral philosophy, and philosophy of religion.

Speaking to the enduring relevance of Kant's legacy, this collection affirms Kant not only holds historical value as a philosopher of the past, but his ideas are still fruitful and offer valuable insights into philosophical problems today.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Piotr Kozak (University of Bialystok, Poland), Anna Tomaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Poland), Bartosz Dzialoszynski (University of Warsaw, Poland)

1. The World As It Is. Kantian Realism Past and Present
Dietmar H. Heidemann (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

2. On Kant's Theory of Hypothetical Judgements, with an Application to the Problem of Causality and Freedom
Marcin Poreba (University of Warsaw, Poland)

3. Spontaneity and Doxastic Agency
Thomas Land (University of Victoria, Canada)

4. The Myth of the Aesthetic Given
Piotr Kozak (University of Bialystok, Poland)

5. Slavoj Žižek on the Abyss of the Subject in Kant
Richard Velkley (Tulane University, USA)

6. Decolonising Universal Love: Kant, Ubuntu, and Metta
Pärttyli Rinne (Aalto University, Finland)

7. Between Control and Trust. Paradigms of Early Modern and Enlightenment Optimism in the Thought of Kant and Spener and their Continuity in Contemporary Thought
Anna Szyrwinska-Hö¨rig (University of Vechta, Germany)

8. Divine Duty Impossibilism: Kant on Why God Cannot Have Moral Obligations and Its Influence in Contemporary Divine Command Theory
Jashiel Resto Quiñones (Purdue University, USA)

9. Revisiting Two Conceptions of the Highest Good: On What is Secular in Kantian Faith
Anna Tomaszewska (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Jan 22 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 224
ISBN 9781350509283
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Piotr Kozak

Piotr Kozak is Assistant Professor at the Institut…

Anthology Editor

Anna Tomaszewska

Anna Tomaszewska is Assistant Professor in the Dep…

Anthology Editor

Bartosz Dzialoszynski

Bartosz Dzialoszynski is Assistant Professor in th…

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