Essay on a New Theory of the Human Capacity for Representation

by Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Tim Mehigan (Translation), Barry Empson (Translation)

Karl Leonhard Reinhold was an important expositor of Kant`s thought and is considered to have been the bridge between Kant and the later German idealists. The translation into English of Reinhold`s major work is supplemented with an overview of the main currents of thought which informed his philosophical project. A glossary of key terms, a bibliography of scholarly work on Reinhold and suggestions for further reading are also included.

Genres: Philosophy

336 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 2011

About the author

Karl Leonhard Reinhold (26 October 1757 – 10 April 1823) was an Austrian philosopher who helped to popularise the work of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. His "elementary philosophy" (Elementarphilosophie) also influenced German Idealism, notably Johann Gottlieb Fichte, as a critical system grounded in a fundamental first principle.

He was the father of Ernst Christian Gottlieb Reinhold (1793–1855), also a philosopher.