This Handbook provides a comprehensive single-volume treatment of Fichte's philosophy. In addition to offering new researchers an authoritative introduction and orientation to Fichtean thought, the volume also surveys the main scholarly and philosophical controversies regarding Fichtean interpretation, and defends a range of philosophical theses in a way that advances the scholarly discussion. Fichte is the first major philosopher in the post-Kantian tradition and the first of the great German Idealists, but he was no mere epigone of Kant or precursor to Hegel. His work speaks powerfully and originally to a wide range of issues of enduring concern, and his many innovations importantly anticipate major developments, including absolute idealism, phenomenology, and existentialism. He is therefore not only a path-breaking thinker but also a pivotal figure in Western intellectual history. Wide-ranging, well-organised and timely, this key volume makes Fichte's work both accessible and relevant. It is essential reading for scholars, graduate researchers and advanced students interested in Fichte, German Idealism, and the history of nineteenth-century philosophy in the West.

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Steven Hoeltzel is Professor of Philosophy at James Madison University, Virginia, USA. He specialises in the work of Kant and Fichte,with a focus on the complicated relations between Fichte's positions, their Kantian prototypes, and their Schellingean and Hegelian successors. He is co-editor (with Halla Kim) of Kant, Fichte, and the Legacy of Transcendental Idealism (2014) and Transcendental Inquiry: Its History, Methods and Critiques (2016).

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1. Introduction: Fichte's Post-Kantian Project, Steven HoeltzelPart I: Historical and Conceptual Context2. Fichte's Life and Philosophical Trajectory, Yolanda Estes3. The Precursor as Rival: Fichte in Relation to Kant, Günter Zöller4. Fichte, German Idealism, and the Parameters of Systematic Philosophy, Andreas SchmidtPart II: Metaphilosophy and Method5. Fichte on the Standpoint of Philosophy and the Standpoint of Ordinary Life, Halla Kim6. Reflection, Metaphilosophy, and Logic of Action in the Science of Knowledge, Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel7. Fichte's Anti-Dogmatism and the Autonomy of Reason, Kienhow GohPart III: Transcendental Theory8. Knowledge and Action: Self-Positing, I-Hood, and the Centrality of the Striving Doctrine, C. Jeffery Kinlaw9. Fichte's Account of Reason and Rational Normativity, Steven Hoeltzel10. Fichte's Relation I: Anstoß and Aufforderung, Gabriel GottliebPart IV: Ethical Theory11. Fichte's Deduction of the Moral Law, Owen Ware12. Freedom as an End in Itself: Fichte on Ethical Duties, Paul Guyer13. Fichte on Freedom, Wayne MartinPart V: Political and Social Theory14. Fichte on Property Rights and Coercion, Nedim Nomer15. Fichte's Theory of the State in Foundations of Natural Right, James A. Clarke16. Fichte's Concept of the Nation, David James17. Fichte's Philosophy of History: Between A Priori Foundation and Material Development, Angelica NuzzoPart VI: Metaphysics and Epistemology18. Giving Shape to the Shapeless: Divine Incomprehensibility, Moral Knowledge, and Symbolic Representation, Benjamin D. Crowe19. The Letter and the Spirit: Kant's Metaphysics and Fichte's Epistemology, Matthew C. Altman20. Transcendental Ontology in Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre of 1804, Markus GabrielPart VII: Repercussions21. Heidegger's Modest Fichteanism, Michael Stevenson22. Fichte, Sartre, and Levinas on the Problem with the Problem of Other Minds, Cynthia D. Coe23. Fichtean Selfhood and Contemporary Philosophy of Language: The Case of Transcendental Pragmatics, Michihito Yoshime24. Conclusion: Complexity, Unity, Infinity, Steven Hoeltzel.