ABSTRACT

Let me begin by expressing my thanks to Nicholas Smith for conceiving this project and overseeing its execution, and to the contributors for taking trouble over my work.

Part I Philosophy after Kant

Richard J.Bernstein

Bernstein’s generous essay amplifies and makes more definite my vague suggestion that some of my thinking is Hegelian, at least in spirit. It may seem ungrateful to pick on his objections, which are few and muted. But some comments may be helpful.