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(2021) Phänomenologische Forschungen – Neue Folge 2021 (2).
Natorp's critique of appeals to givenness in light of the Marburg renewal of idealism
Garrett Zantow Bredeson
pp. 37-56
For Natorp, the most urgent task for turn-of-the-century philosophy consisted in recovering the meaning of idealism. Instead of simply appealing to given facts, idealists transform givennesses of all sorts into tasks for thinking under the guidance of laws which we ourselves have laid down and for which we ourselves are responsible. In this paper I will try to connect the dots between (a) the broader Marburg project of tethering philosophy to the achievements of modern science and (b) Natorp’s critique of his contemporaries’ appeals to givenness. Understanding this connection is, in my view, crucial for appreciating the sense and grounding of Natorp’s idealism.
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Zantow Bredeson, G. (2021). Natorp's critique of appeals to givenness in light of the Marburg renewal of idealism. Phänomenologische Forschungen – Neue Folge 2021 (2), pp. 37-56.
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