Idealism and Facticity
Kant’s Grounding of Metaphysics and Fichte’s Challenge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21604276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens Pier (Leipzig University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 538-562 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Philosophical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-2559 • E-ISSN: 1466-4542 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09672559.2024.2418616 |
| OpenAlex | W4405621618 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
Kant scholarship often refers to transcendental idealism as a ‘theory.’ Kant’s project, however, is not easily reconciled with that term in its current use. This paper contends that his critique and idealism should be seen as a remedial response against our natural albeit confused prejudice of transcendental realism. Kant’s idealism articulates a ‘metametaphysical’ ethos that is supposed to provide a new grounding of metaphysics by proceeding ‘from the human standpoint:’ it aims to dispel the temptation of transcendental realism in favor of a resolute inhabitation of, and contentment with, our own humanity. This project comes under pressure in post-Kantianism: Fichte is among the first to voice the worry that Kant’s critique is well-intentioned, but not well-executed. His concern is that, while it ‘bring[s] man into harmony with himself,’ this mere contentment with our own humanity will not suffice to achieve the scientificity that, by Kant’s own lights, is the mark of any promising metaphysics. Fichte’s charge is that Kant’s idealism, in its very confinement to the brute facts of the human condition, surrenders itself to unacceptable contingency or ‘facticity.’ The paper explores Kant’s idealist project of grounding metaphysics, Fichte’s facticity charge against it, and whether Kantian idealism can withstand it
Epistemology · Facticity · Idealism · Metaphysics · Transcendental idealism · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification
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Kant’s Transcendental Idealism
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Immanuel Kant
Dies Ich, das viel besagt
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