Ethik des reinen Willens

The ethics of Hermann Cohen were the topic of a conference held at the University of Toronto, in 2001. The proceedings of this conference are now available in form of a thematic issue of the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy (volume 13, numbers 1-3, 2004), guest edited by Robert Gibbs.

See http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/gjtp/2004/00000013/f0030001.

Hermann Cohen: The Werke Edition

The writings of Hermann Cohen are now available in a critical edition published by Olms Verlag and edited under the auspices of the Hermann Cohen Archive in Zürich.

For a review see EAJS Newsletter, vol. 16, Spring 2005, on-line at http://www.lzz.uni-halle.de/publikationen/essays/nl16_zank.pdf.

Friedman and Nordmann, eds., The Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth Century Science

A sorely needed collection of essays by the most able scholars in the field. With contributed essays on the Marburg School from Alan Richardson, Michael Heidelberger, and Alfred Nordmann. Essays by Janet Folina and Robert di Salle focus on the intriguing relationship between Kantianism and conventionalism, a topic that is receiving increasing attention.

For a full review of the collection from Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=9283

Panels at the Chicago American Philosophical Association

SESSION ONE: “KARL JASPERS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL HERMANN COHEN SOCIETY”

Chair: Michael Zank (Boston University)

Speakers: Hartwig Wiedebach (University of Zurich, Stuttgart Media University)
“Pure Will versus Causality in Hermann Cohen”

Lydia Patton (University of Chicago)
“Ideas in History, Ideas in Opposition: Hermann Cohen and Völkerpsychologie”

SESSION TWO: “KARL JASPERS SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL HERMANN COHEN SOCIETY”

Chair: Michael Zank (Boston University)

Speakers: James Barham (University of Notre Dame)
“Ernst Cassirer’s Metaphysics of Life”

Timothy Gordon (Bakersfield College)
“The 19th Century and Jesus Christ: Non-Normative Absolutism”

Armin Wildermuth (University of St. Gallen)
“Karl Jaspers’ Philosophic Faith and the Clash of Civilizations”