Acknowledgmentsof the Institute of Philosophy at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, and of
the Herder Institute in Marburg. I spent many enjoyable hours there in the
summers of 1995 and 1997, as well as a few days in 1996 and 1998. Some of
the preparatory work was done with the support of a summer grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities in the summer of 1988 and
a fellowship at the Center for Humanistic Studies at Purdue University
during the fall of 1990. This support was originally for a study of Kant's
philosophical development, parts of which have been incorporated into
this book. Much of the first draft was written with the support of another
fellowship at the Center for Humanistic Studies during the fall of 1995.
am also thankful to Rod Bertolet, the chair of the department of philosophy
at Purdue University, who made various arrangements that made it possi¬
ble for me to return to Marburg in 1997.
Some of my other colleagues at Purdue, namely Cal Schräg, William
McBride, and Jacqueline Marina, graciously commented on an early draft
of the first three chapters, and the comments and suggestions of Mary
Norton and Rolf George significantly improved the final version of those
chapters. Martin Curd read various parts and left his mark on them (I have
indicated some in the text).
Karl Ameriks, Michael Gill, Steve Naragon, Konstantin Pollok, and
Frederick Rauscher read the entire manuscript and made many helpful
comments for which I am most grateful. Karl Ameriks and Michael Gill,
especially, took such an active interest in the project that their influence is
everywhere. I wish that the final product could more adequately express
what I have learned from them.
Finally, I would like to thank Margret Kuehn for her support during the
writing of this book and my other quixotic travails.
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