Nicholas A Anderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6346575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas A Anderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSON N A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5758-7944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kant’s Rhetoric of Hope and the Philosopher’s Speech in Toward Perpetual Peace
The fact that Toward Perpetual Peace is presented as a satirical peace treaty is a detail that has been largely overlooked in the literature. This article argues that when one reads Toward Perpetual Peace with its formal presentation in mind, what emerges is a work of philosophical literature that acts politically through its rhetorical form. The article shows how Kant—through what is here called his rhetoric of hope—offers a political education …
A Preface to the First Critique
Kant begins the 1781 Preface of the Critique of Pure Reason with a history of metaphysics told as a sequence of failed political regimes. This history has been largely passed over both in the literature on Kant’s metaphysics and in that on his political philosophy. This article provides an interpretation of Kant’s history of metaphysical regimes as a way of exploring the political themes and aims of the First Critique. Kant’s opening narrative ar…
Duplessis, Jean-Baptiste
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Duplessis, Jean-Baptiste
A Preface to the First Critique
Kant begins the 1781 Preface of the Critique of Pure Reason with a history of metaphysics told as a sequence of failed political regimes. This history has been largely passed over both in the literature on Kant’s metaphysics and in that on his political philosophy. This article provides an interpretation of Kant’s history of metaphysical regimes as a way of exploring the political themes and aims of the First Critique. Kant’s opening narrative ar…
Kant’s Rhetoric of Hope and the Philosopher’s Speech in Toward Perpetual Peace
The fact that Toward Perpetual Peace is presented as a satirical peace treaty is a detail that has been largely overlooked in the literature. This article argues that when one reads Toward Perpetual Peace with its formal presentation in mind, what emerges is a work of philosophical literature that acts politically through its rhetorical form. The article shows how Kant—through what is here called his rhetoric of hope—offers a political education …
Philosophical Ethics and Theory (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Flannery O'Connor and Thomas Merton (1 work) · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (1 work) · History and Developments in Astronomy (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Metaphysics (1 work)