Kant und die Epigonen
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Kant und die Epigonen ("Kant and his Followers") is a significant work by the German epistemologist Otto Liebmann published in 1865. The book, with its imperative "Back to Kant!", aimed to steer German philosophy away from Romantic idealism and the perceived intellectual stagnation of positivism. Liebmann's work was instrumental in sparking a revival of Kantianism in the 19th century, encouraging thinkers to re-examine Immanuel Kant's critical philosophy as a foundation for understanding knowledge and reality. The term "epigone" itself refers to a follower or imitator, particularly one of lesser talent than the original. Liebmann's call to return to Kant's ideas sought to re-establish a philosophical grounding that respected empirical observation while remaining critical of ungrounded metaphysical speculation.1234
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…of the aforementioned groundbreaking book Kant und die Epigonen, its author, Otto Liebmann, introduced the new metaphysical approach in his book Zu Analysis der Wirklichkeit (1876; “On the Analysis of Reality”), which came near to the Kantianism of Marburg. The Romanticist Johannes Volkelt, in turn, took up the theme of…
Read More…of the aforementioned groundbreaking book Kant und die Epigonen, its author, Otto Liebmann, introduced the new metaphysical approach in his book Zu Analysis der Wirklichkeit (1876; “On the Analysis of Reality”), which came near to the Kantianism of Marburg. The Romanticist Johannes Volkelt, in turn, took up the theme of…
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