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Jürgen Habermas, Also a History of Philosophy, Vol: III: Rational Freedom: Traces of the Discourse on Faith and Knowledge, Ciaran Cronin (trans.), Polity Press, 2025, 560 pp., $45.00 (hbk) ISBN 9781509558650.

Reviewed by Andrew Buchwalter, University of North Florida

In 2019, Jürgen Habermas published with Suhrkamp Press his 1700-plus page Auch eine Geschichte der Philosophie. The work appeared in two volumes, subtitled: (1) The Occidental Constellation of Faith and Knowledge and (2) Rational Freedom: Traces of Discourses on Faith and Reason. In the English language, Also a History of Philosophy (AHP), masterfully translated by Ciarin Cronin, is published by Polity Press in three volumes: (1) The Project of Genealogy of Postmetaphysical Thinking (2022); (2) The Occidental Constellation of Faith and Knowledge (2024); and (3) Rational Freedom. Traces of the Discourse on Faith and Knowledge (2025). The review that follows focuses...