The Systematic Unity of the Theoretical and Axiotic in Salomon Maimon's Late Philosophy

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ID3499480
AuthorsTimothy Franz, Timothy M Franz (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue8
Pages1045
Publication date2023-08-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14081045
OpenAlexW4385878465
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

By a close reading of Salomon Maimon's 1794 Essay on a New Logic or Theory of Thinking, this article shows, first, how Maimon radically criticized his previous metaphysical systems while painstakingly reestablishing Kantian transcendental philosophy on a theory of reflexive cognition. Second, it shows how he employed this theory to ground innovative accounts of both formal and transcendental logic, including a reformulation of Kant's schematism. Third, it shows how he employed it to ground his axiotic philosophy. Specifically, he argued that his reflexive theory of cognition constituted the necessary condition for the theories of Kantian morality, natural rights, works of art, and finally for a metaphysics according to which God creates the world ex nihilo. Maimon's achievement is impressive and unique. It is a theory of the systematic unity of theoretical and axiotic philosophy that rivals other Enlightenment systems and, if anything, anticipates later works of Hans Wagner and Werner Flach

Enlightenment · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Transcendental number · Transcendental philosophy · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History

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