Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment

"Jacobi held a position of unparalleled importance in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century intellectual history. This includes his role in bringing about the close of the Enlightenment, his central part in shaping the reception of Kant's philosophy and German idealism, and his influence on the development of Romanticism and existentialism"--

Introduction: Jacobi: at the crux of modernity Alexander J. B. Hampton; Part I. The Critique of Reason: Debates on Rationalism, Empiricism, and Skepticism: 1. Jacobi and philosophy: rationalism and skepticism Benjamin Crowe; 2. Jacobi and Spinoza Birgit Sandkaulen; 3. Jacobi on the nature of mind and intuitive certainty Brady Bowman; 4. Jacobi and Kant: freedom, reason, faith James J. DiCenso; Part II. Faith and Revelation: Debates on Theism, Atheism, and Nihilism: 5. Jacobi's argument and dilemma: Theism and Christianity Ariberto Acerbi; 6. The Jacobi Schelling debate Sean J. McGrath; 7. Jacobi's response to religious nihilism Peter Jonkers; 8. Jacobi and the German protestant tradition Jörg Lauster; Part III. Jacobi and the Revival of Socraticism: The Muenster Circle and Existentialism: 9. Jacobi and Hemsterhuis Daniel Whistler; 10. Dioscuri: Hamann and Jacobi John Betz; 11. Jacobi and Kierkegaard Anders Moe Rasmussen; Part IV. Jacobi's Impact on Idealism and Romanticism: 12. Jacobi and German idealism Ernst-Otto Onnash; 13. Jacobi's philosophy of faith in Fichte's 1794 Wissenschaftslehre David W. Wood; 14. Jacobi and the romantics Alexander J. B. Hampton; 15. Jacobi as literary author George di Giovanni.