{"product_id":"kierkegaard-and-the-structure-of-imagination-rethinking-thought-experiments-with-kant-and-orsted-hardback-9781009594936","title":"Kierkegaard and the Structure of Imagination; Rethinking Thought Experiments with Kant and Ørsted (Hardback) 9781009594936","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKierkegaard and the Structure of Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRethinking Thought Experiments with Kant and Ørsted\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines H. C. Ørsted's use of thought experiments and his influence on Kierkegaard, arguing that both were inspired by Kant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEleanor Helms (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009594936, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.592 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Helms shows how H. C. Ørsted and Søren Kierkegaard both develop sophisticated accounts of thought experiments long before Ernst Mach (who is widely credited with introducing the term 'thought experiment'). Her book is indispensable reading for scholars working on Kant, Ørsted, and Kierkegaard as well as those who work on thought experiments (and related conceptual history).' Roe Fremstedal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThought experiments play an important role in philosophy and philosophical theorizing. In this book Eleanor Helms examines thought experiments and charts their use in the work of Danish thinkers Hans Christian Orsted (1777–1851) and Soren Kierkegaard (1813–55), arguing that both were influenced by Kant. She demonstrates how key Kantian concepts shape the methods of both thinkers, especially Kant's claim that regulative ideas like the self, God, and nature cannot be directly represented. Kant proposed some ways in which we can make sense of, or 'cognize,' these kinds of abstract ideas, and Ørsted and Kierkegaard take up the practical challenge of realizing Kant's optimism by designing thought experiments to make these big ideas meaningfully accessible to individual thinkers. Helms's book is the first comprehensive study of Kierkegaard's use of thought experiments as a method, and reveals its significance for our contemporary understanding of how thought experiments work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Origins of 'Thought Experiment' in Kant and Ørsted: 1. Thought experiments as tools of cognition\u003cbr\u003e 2. How thought experiments work\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ørsted, mach, and the history of thought experiment\u003cbr\u003e 4. Empiricism and kantian accounts of thought experiment\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rationalism and the question of intellectual intuition\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Kantian Account of Thought Experiment: 6. Varieties of cognition\u003cbr\u003e 7. An Apparatus for cognition\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cognizing regulative ideas\u003cbr\u003e 9. Bizarre cases and context: two problems for thought experiments\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Kierkegaard and the Concept of Thought Experiment: 10. Kierkegaard and the concept of thought experiment\u003cbr\u003e 11. Controlled experiments\u003cbr\u003e 12. Repetition as thought experiment: a method of variation\u003cbr\u003e 13. Kantian strains in stages on life's way\u003cbr\u003e 14. Cognition as synthesis\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20c%201600%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHPCD%5D%22\"\u003eHPCD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415666127128,"sku":"9781009594936","price":73.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009594936i.jpg?v=1784421240","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kierkegaard-and-the-structure-of-imagination-rethinking-thought-experiments-with-kant-and-orsted-hardback-9781009594936","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}