Provides comprehensive coverage of Fichtean thought from a variety of perspectives

Employs a clear seven section structure to help orientate those scholars new to research in Fichtean philosophy

Begins with a biographical chapter on the life of Fichte and his intellectual trajectory

1. Introduction: Fichte's Post-Kantian Project, Steven Hoeltzel.- Part I: Historical and Conceptual Context.- 2. Fichte's Life and Philosophical Trajectory, Yolanda Estes.- 3. The Precursor as Rival: Fichte in Relation to Kant, Günter Zöller.- 4. Fichte, German Idealism, and the Parameters of Systematic Philosophy, Andreas Schmidt.- Part II: Metaphilosophy and Method.- 5. Fichte on the Standpoint of Philosophy and the Standpoint of Ordinary Life, Halla Kim.- 6. Reflection, Metaphilosophy, and Logic of Action in the Science of Knowledge, Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel.- 7. Fichte's Anti-Dogmatism and the Autonomy of Reason, Kienhow Goh.- Part III: Transcendental Theory.- 8. Knowledge and Action: Self-Positing, I-Hood, and the Centrality of the Striving Doctrine, C. Jeffery Kinlaw.- 9. Fichte's Account of Reason and Rational Normativity, Steven Hoeltzel.- 10. Fichte's Relation I: Anstoß and Aufforderung, Gabriel Gottlieb.-Part IV: Ethical Theory.- 11. Fichte's Deduction of the Moral Law, Owen Ware.- 12. Freedom as an End in Itself: Fichte on Ethical Duties, Paul Guyer.- 13. Fichte on Freedom, Wayne Martin.- Part V: Political and Social Theory.- 14. Fichte on Property Rights and Coercion, Nedim Nomer.- 15. Fichte's Theory of the State in Foundations of Natural Right, James A. Clarke.- 16. Fichte's Concept of the Nation, David James.- 17. Fichte's Philosophy of History: Between A Priori Foundation and Material Development, Angelica Nuzzo.- Part VI: Metaphysics and Epistemology.- 18. Giving Shape to the Shapeless: Divine Incomprehensibility, Moral Knowledge, and Symbolic Representation, Benjamin D. Crowe.- 19. The Letter and the Spirit: Kant's Metaphysics and Fichte's Epistemology, Matthew C. Altman.- 20. Transcendental Ontology in Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre of 1804, Markus Gabriel.- Part VII: Repercussions.- 21. Heidegger's ModestFichteanism, Michael Stevenson.- 22. Fichte, Sartre, and Levinas on the Problem with the Problem of Other Minds, Cynthia D. Coe.- 23. Fichtean Selfhood and Contemporary Philosophy of Language: The Case of Transcendental Pragmatics, Michihito Yoshime.- 24. Conclusion: Complexity, Unity, Infinity, Steven Hoeltzel.