University of Oxford
Faculty of Philosophy, Wolfson College
DPhil, 1980
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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    Herbart's Monadology
    British Journal for the History of Philosophy 23 (6): 1056-1073. 2015.
    This article is an introduction to Herbart's monadology. It discusses the fundamental concepts of his monadology and its similarity to Leibniz's monadology. A final section discusses the vexed question of Herbart's realism. It is argued that Herbart is more a transcendental idealist than a realist.
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    Two Traditions of Idealism
    In Gerald Hartung & Valentin Pluder (eds.), From Hegel to Windelband: Historiography of Philosophy in the 19th Century, De Gruyter. pp. 81-98. 2015.
  • German Idealism. The Struggle against Subjectivism 1781-1801
    Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie 66 (2): 354-356. 2004.
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    The German historicist tradition
    Oxford University Press. 2011.
    This is the first full study in English of the German historicist tradition. Frederick C. Beiser surveys the major German thinkers on history from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early twentieth century, providing an introduction to each thinker and the main issues in interpreting and appraising his thought. The volume offers new interpretations of well-known philosophers such as Johann Gottfried Herder and Max Weber, and introduces others who are scarcely known at all, including …Read more
  • Response to Pinkard
    Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 34 21-6. 1996.
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    Kant and naturphilosophie
    In Michael Friedman & Alfred Nordmann (eds.), , Mit Press. 2006.
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    Hegel and Naturphilosophie
    Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 34 (1): 135-147. 2003.
    Against current non-metaphysical interpretations, I argue that Naturphilosophie is central to Hegel’s philosophy. This is so for three reasons. First, it was crucial to Hegel’s program to create a holistic culture. Second, Naturphilosophie is pivotal to absolute idealism, Hegel’s characteristic philosophical doctrine. Third, the idea of organic development, so central to Naturphilosophie, is pervasive throughout Hegel’s system. This idea is essential to Hegel’s concepts of spirit, dialectic, and…Read more
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    The Sovereignty of Reason is a survey of the rule of faith controversy in seventeenth-century England. It examines the arguments by which reason eventually became the sovereign standard of truth in religion and politics, and how it triumphed over its rivals: Scripture, inspiration, and apostolic tradition. Frederick Beiser argues that the main threat to the authority of reason in seventeenth-century England came not only from dissident groups but chiefly from the Protestant theology of the Churc…Read more
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    Frederick C. Beiser: Late German Idealism. Trendelenburg & Lotze
    with Wolfgang Schaffarzyk
    Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 67 (4): 381-387. 2014.