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Critique of Practical Reason Bernard Freydberg Imagination inKant’s Imagination in Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason Freydberg INDIANA INDIANA University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis http://iupress.indiana.edu . 1-800-842-6796 With a particular focus on imagination, Bernard Freydberg presents a close reading of Kant’s second critique, The Critique of Practical Reason. In an interpretation that is daring as well as rigorous, Freydberg reveals imagination as both its central force and the bridge that links Kant’s three critiques. Freydberg’s reading offers a powerful challenge to the widespread view that Kant’s ethics calls for rigid, self-denying obedience . Here, to the contrary, the search for self-fulfillment becomes an enormously creative endeavor once imagination is understood as the heart of Kantian ethics. Seasoned scholars and newer students will find a surprising and provocative view of Kant’s ethics in this straightforward and accessible book. Philosophy Studies in Continental Thought—John Sallis, editor Bernard Freydberg is Professor of Philosophy at Slippery Rock University . He is author of Imagination and Depth in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason; The Play of the Platonic Dialogues; and Provocative Form in Plato, Kant, Nietzsche (and Others). Cover illustration: Akiko Kotani, Black on White #2, drawing with silk, 2003. Courtesy of the artist. i m a g i n a t ion i n k a nt ’ s Critique of Practical Reason [44.213.80.174] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 12:57 GMT) STUDIES IN CONTINENTAL THOUGHT JOH N S A L L I S , G E N E R A L E D I T OR CONSULTING EDITORS Robert Bernasconi J. N. Mohanty Rudolph Bernet Mary Rawlinson John D. Caputo Tom Rockmore David Carr Calvin O. Schrag Edward S. Casey †Reiner Schürmann Hubert Dreyfus Charles E. Scott Don Ihde Thomas Sheehan David Farrell Krell Robert Sokolowski Lenore Langsdorf Bruce W. Wilshire Alphonso Lingis David Wood William L. McBride imagination in kant ’s Critique of Practical Reason Bernard Freydberg i n d i a n a u n i ve r s i t y p r e s s Bloomington and Indianapolis [44.213.80.174] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 12:57 GMT) This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http:/ /iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2005 by Bernard Freydberg All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Freydberg, Bernard, date Imagination in Kant’s Critique of practical reason / Bernard Freydberg. p. cm. — (Studies in Continental thought) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34641-X (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21787-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. Kritik der praktischen Vernunft. 2. Ethics. 3. Practical reason. 4. Imagination. I. Title. II. Series. B2774.F74 2005 170—dc22 2005011534 1 2 3 4 5 10 09 08 07 06 05 Fo r Jo h n S a l l i s W i t h o u t w h o m , n o t h i n g . [44.213.80.174] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 12:57 GMT) ...