1. KANT, HAMANN, AND THE RISE OF THE STURM UND DRANG, p.16 --
Hamann's Historical and Philosophical Significance, p.16 --
The London Conversion and Its Philosophical Consequences, p.19 --
The Summer of 1759: The Stirrings of the Sturm und Drang, p.22 --
The Sokratische Denkwürdigkeiten, p.24 --
Kant, Hamann, and the Optimism Controversy, p.29 --
The Kinderphysik Fiasco, p.32 --
Aesthetica in nuce and Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics, p.33 --
The "Metakritik": Genesis, Contents, and Consequences, p.37 --
2. JACOBI AND THE PANTHEISM CONTROVERSY, p.44 --
The Historical Significance of the Pantheism Controversy, p.44 --
The Rise of Spirıozism in Germany, 1680-1786, p.48 --
The Dispute over Lessing's Spinozism, p.61 --
The Philosophical Significance of the Controversy, p.75 --
Jacobi's First Critique of Reason, p.83 --
Jacobi's Second Critique of Reason, p.85 --
Jacobi's Defense of Faith, p.89 --
3. MENDELSSOHN AND THE PANTHEISM CONTROVERSY, p.92 --
Mendelssohn's Place in the History of Philosophy, p.92 --
In Defense of Reason, p.94 --
Mendelssohn's Nightmare, or, the Method of Orientation, p.98 --
The Critique of Spinozism and Purified Pantheism, p.102 --
Mendelssohn's Covert Critique of Kant, p.105 --
4. KANT, JACOBI, AND WIZENMANN IN BATTLE, p.109 --
Thomas Wizenmann's Resultate, p.109 --
Kant's Contribution to the Pantheism Controversy, p.113 --
Wizenmann's Reply to Kant, p.118 --
Jacobi's Attack on Kant, p.122 --
5. HERDER'S PHILOSOPHY OF MİND, p.127 --
Herder and the Eighteenth-Century Philosophy of Mind, p.127 --
Herder on the Origin of Language, p.130 --
Hamann and Herder's Debate over the Origin of Language, p.135 --
Herder's Genetic Method, p.141 --
The Principles of Herder's Vitalism, p.145 --
Kant's Quarrel with Herder, p.149 --
The Karit-Herder Controversy and the Origins of the Third Kritik, p.153 --
Herder and the Pantheism Controversy, p.158 --
6. THE ATTACK OF THE LOCKEANS, p.165 --
Popularphilosopbie: A Sketch of a Movement, p.165 --
Highlights of the Lockean Campaign against Kant, p.169 --
The Garve Affair, p.172 --
Two Early Critics: C.G. Selle and D. Tiedemann, p.177 --
The Lockean Ringleader, J.G. Feder, p.180 --
Feder's Circle: A.G. Tittel and A. Weishaupt, p.184 --
The Good Pastor Pistorius, p.188 --
7. THE REVENGE OF THE WOLFFIANS, p.193 --
Leitmotivs of the Wolffian Campaign, p.193 --
Revolution versus Reaction, p.197 --
The Wolffian Defense of Metaphysics, p.199 --
The Thorn in Kant's Side, J.A. Ulrich, p.203 --
The Scrooge of Tübingen, J.F. Flatt, p.210 --
Platner's Meta-Critical Skepticism, p.214 --
The Eberhard Controversy, p.217 --
The Consequences of the Wolffian Campaign, p.224 --
8. REINHOLD'S ELEMENTARPBILOSOPHIE, p.226 --
Reinhold's Historical Significance, p.226 --
Reinhold's Early Quarrel with Kant, p.229 --
Reinhold's Briefe and Conversion to the Critical Philosophy, p.232 --
The Path toward the Elementarphilosophie, p.236 --
Reinhold's Critique of Kant and the Aims of the Elementarphilosophie, p.240 --
Reinhold's Methodology, p.244 --
Reinhold's Phenomenological Project, p.247 --
Reinhold's Proposition of Consciousness and the New Theory of Representation, p.252 -- The Crisis of the Elementarphilosophie, p.263 --
9. SCHUIZE'S SKEPTICISM, p.266 --
Schulze's Historical Significance and Influence, p.266 --
Schulze's Meta- Critical Skepticism, p.268 --
The Critique of Reinhold, p.272 --
The Meta- Critique of Kant, p.280 --
Strerıgths and Weaknesses of Schulze's Skepticism, p.282 --
10. MAIRNON'S CRITICAI PHILOSOPHY, p.285 --
Maimon's Historical Significance and the Question of the Unity of His Thought, p.285 --
Maimon's Skepticism, p.288 --
The Idea of an lnfinite Understanding, p.293 --
The Theory of Differentials, p.295 --
The New Theory of Space and Time, p.300 --
The Critical Middle Path, p.303 --
The Elimination of the Thing-in-itself 306 Maimon's Transcendental Logic, p.309 --
The Principle of Determinability, p.311 --
Maimon's Controversy with Reinhold, p.317 --
Maimon versus Schulze, p.320.
