New Exposition of the Science of Knowledge (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

J. G. Fichte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0260715670 ISBN 13: 9780260715678

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Clear, patient explanation of Fichte’s Science of Knowledge, with practical guidance for study.

This edition presents the translation alongside the author’s own clarifications, helping readers approach the dense material step by step. It frames what knowledge is, how space, time, and matter arise from thinking, and why the science aims to show knowledge as the ground of reality itself.

The work invites you to join a long intellectual conversation about how we know and what it means for knowledge to last in time. It contrasts the idea of a fixed, timeless truth with the living process of constructing knowledge, including the roles of space, matter, and time in shaping our understanding. Readers will encounter foundational questions about freedom, perception, and the nature of light as a metaphor for knowledge in the act of thinking.

• Learn how the book treats knowledge as a constructive act, not just a passive record of facts.
• Explore the relationship between space, time, matter, and thinking in the formation of knowledge.
• See discussions on freedom, the ego, and the design-like framing of the universe from a philosophical viewpoint.
• Receive context about the translation, scholarly apparatus, and how this edition differs from previous ones.

Ideal for readers of philosophy who seek a clear entry into complex ideas about knowledge, perception, and the structure of reality.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel Breazeale is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0260715670
• ISBN 13: 9780260715678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 198