Frederick Beiser

Professor Emeritus

CONTACT

Philosophy
531 Hall of Languages
Email: fbeiser@syr.edu

Research and Teaching Interests

Fred Beiser has been a major contributor to work on the history of modern philosophy, especially the history of German philosophy (Kant and German idealism) and the English Enlightenment. His book The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte won the 1987 Thomas J. Wilson Prize for the Best First Book. He has won Thyssen and Humboldt research fellowships to study at the Free University of Berlin and was a 1994 Guggenheim Fellow. He received a 1999-2000 NEH Faculty Fellowship (at Indiana University), and he has won awards for his outstanding undergraduate teaching.

News

Syracuse Philosopher Wins Major Book Award

(Dec. 23, 2015)

Frederick Beiser lauded for 600-page tome on Neo-Kantianism

Syracuse Philosopher Awarded German Order of Merit

(Dec. 1, 2015)

Frederick Charles Beiser lauded for lifelong dedication to teaching, study of German philosophy

Selected Publications

Books

Hermann Cohen: An Intellectual Biography

Hermann Cohen: An Intellectual Biography, by Frederick Beiser, Oxford University Press (December 18, 2018), 400pp., ISBN-13: 978-0198828167
The Genesis of Neo-Kantianism, 1796-1880

The Genesis of Neo-Kantianism, 1796-1880 , by Frederick Beiser, Oxford University Press; 1 edition (June 1, 2017), 624pp., ISBN-13: 978-0198769989
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900

Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900, by Frederick C. Beiser, Oxford University Press; 1 edition (July 5, 2016), 352pp., ISBN-13: 978-0198768715
The Sovereignty of Reason: The Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment

The Sovereignty of Reason: The Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment, by Frederick Beiser, Princeton University Press (April 19, 2016), 346pp., ISBN-13: 978-0691630427
The German Historicist Tradition

The German Historicist Tradition, by Frederick C. Beiser, Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (March 29, 2015), 612pp., ISBN-13: 978-0198709411
After Hegel: German Philosophy, 1840-1900

After Hegel: German Philosophy, 1840-1900, by Frederick C. Beiser, Oxford University Press; 1 edition (September 7, 2014), 248pp., ISBN-13: 978-0691163093
Enlightenment, Revolution, and Romanticism

Enlightenment, Revolution, and Romanticism, by Frederick C. Beiser, Harvard University Press (May 29, 2014), 450pp., ISBN-13: 978-0674418967
Diotima's Children: German Aesthetic Rationalism from Leibniz to Lessing

Diotima's Children: German Aesthetic Rationalism from Leibniz to Lessing, by Frederick C. Beiser, Oxford University Press; 1 edition (December 17, 2011), 306pp., ISBN-13: 978-0199694655
Schiller As Philosopher: A Re-Examination

Schiller As Philosopher: A Re-Examination, by Frederick Beiser, Clarendon Press; 1 edition (December 22, 2005), 298pp., ISBN-13: 978-0199282821
Hegel

Hegel, by Frederick Beiser, Routledge; 1 edition (June 15, 2005), 384pp., ISBN-13: 978-0415312080
The Romantic Imperative: The Concept of Early German Romanticism

The Romantic Imperative: The Concept of Early German Romanticism, by Frederick C. Beiser, Harvard University Press (January 22, 2004), 262pp., ISBN-13: 978-0674011809
German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801

German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801, by Frederick C. Beiser, Harvard University Press (June 10, 2002), 745pp., ISBN-13: 978-0674007697
The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics

The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics, by Frederick C. Beiser, Cambridge University Press (April 26, 1996) 252pp., ISBN-13: 978-0521445016
The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte

The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte, by Frederick Beiser, Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (October 15, 1993), 410pp., ISBN-13: 978-0674295032

Articles

'Mathematical Method in Kant, Schelling and Hegel', in Discourse on a New Method, eds. Mary Domski and Michael Dickson (Chicago: Open Court, 2009), pp. 243-258

'Normativity in Neo-Kantianism: Its Rise and Fall', International Journal of Philosophical Studies: 17 (2009), 9-27

'Morality' in The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, ed. Kenneth Westphal (Oxford: Blackwell 2009), pp. 162-174

'The German Historicist Tradition', Oxford University Press, September 2009

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