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Fichte's Science of Knowledge
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A partial listing from the Table of
CHAPTER I.
THE MAN.
Personal Character of Fichte's Philosophy
His Childhood and Youth, His Relations with Kant
Early Writings, At Jena, At Berlin, The War
His Death, Summary of His Life
CHAPTER II.
PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO KANT.
General Relation of Fichte to Kant
I. The Deduction of the Categories
Kant's Assumption of the Categories from Without,
The Relation of This Assumption to His System in General,
The Importance of Fichte's Attempt at Deduction
II. The Thing-In-Itself
Illogical Assumption of the Thing-In-Itself by Kant
Fichte's Interpretation of Kant,
Suggestion In Regard to the Source of Kant's Assumption,
Possible Methods According to Which Fichte May Dispose
Of The Thing-In-Itself in Accordance with the Principles of Kant's Philosophy
III. Problems Suggested by the Practical Reason
Contradictory Nature of Kant's Treatment of These Problems,
Fichte's Early Interest in Them
IV. Unity in General
Lack o Unity in Kant's System, Kant's Recognition of
The Fact That Unity Had Not Been Reached by Him,
Fichte's Point of Departure From Kant as Stated by Himself
CHAPTER III.
THE PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES.
Importance of Such Consideration
I. The A Priori Method in Philosophy
Objections to This Method, These Objections Answered
II. The Ultimate Reality
Fichte's Recognition of the Fundamental Question in Philosophy
Phenomenal Character of the Objective World, This Recognized
By the Popular Philosophy and of Proving Its Existence
Mill's Attempt at Proof Criticised, A Better Method Also Fails
Herbert Spencer's Position Unsatisfactory, Importance of the
Attempt to Reach the Ultimate Reality
CHAPTER IV.
THE I AND THE ME.
Fichte's Fundamental Proposition, Propositions of
Identity in General, Basis of The Proposition, Explanation
of Terms, Deduction of The Identity of The I, For The
Proposition Above Given, Definition of The I, Criticism
of This By Herbart, Reply to This Criticism, The Unity of
Self-Consciousness, The Category of Reality
CHAPTER V.
THE NOT-ME AND ITS RELATION TO THE I.
A Second Proposition Needed, It Is The Proposition
of Negation, The Contradiction Contained in It,
The Solution of the Contradiction, Involving a
Third Proposition, Repetition and Explanation of
Fundamental Propositions, The Infinite I
CHAPTER VI.
THE METHOD OF FICHTE AS SUGGESTED BY THE PRINCIPLES ALREADY LAID DOWN.
Analytic and Synthetic Propositions,
Thetic Propositions, Fichte's Method
CHAPTER VII.
THE ANTINOMY OF THE NOT-ME.
The Proposition Which Forms the Basis of the
Theoretical Part of the System, The Antinomy Contained in This,
Translation of This Into Common Speech, Solution of
This Sought in The "Sum Of Reality", A Difficulty Still Remains,
Attempt at Solution By the Category of Causality,
Which Is the Method of Realism, Attempt at Solution By the Category
of Substantiality, Which Is the Method of Idealism, The Results Compared,
Neither Method Wholly Succeeds, Attempt at Solution by the
Assumption of an Independent Activity, This Considered Under
the Category Of Causality, And Under That of Substantiality,
In Which Latter Case It Is Found to be the Productive Imagination,
Summary of a More Minute Discussion, By Which the Not-Me
and the Me Are Seen to Stand to One Another in a Polar Relation,
So That Each Is Exclusive of the Other and Yet Dependent Upon It,
Practical Solution of the Difficulty Involved in This,
The Nature of Substance Discussed, The Difficulty Remains,
Final Attempt at Solution by the Assumption of a Limit,
or by Quantitative Realism, Different Forms of Idealism
and Realism Compared, The Antinomy Still Remains
and Is Theoretically Insoluble
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF THE ANTINOMY.
The Psychological Nature of the Antinomy,
Practical Solution (Critical Idealism), Comparison with Kant,
Source of Sense of Limit in Two-Fold Activity of The I,
The Two Activities of The I Compared, and the Source
of the Categorical Imperative Thereby Found, General Result and Comparison
with Kant, Knowledge of the Objective World Only Through the
Infinite Activity of The I, True Nature of the Activity of The I,
Comparison with Spinozism, and with Stoicism, The Infinite Striving
of The I; Its Nature, and the Possibility of Its Interruption,
General Summary, Nature of the System of Fichte
Plus five more CHAPTERS!
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A partial listing from the Table of
CHAPTER I.
THE MAN.
Personal Character of Fichte's Philosophy
His Childhood and Youth, His Relations with Kant
Early Writings, At Jena, At Berlin, The War
His Death, Summary of His Life
CHAPTER II.
PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO KANT.
General Relation of Fichte to Kant
I. The Deduction of the Categories
Kant's Assumption of the Categories from Without,
The Relation of This Assumption to His System in General,
The Importance of Fichte's Attempt at Deduction
II. The Thing-In-Itself
Illogical Assumption of the Thing-In-Itself by Kant
Fichte's Interpretation of Kant,
Suggestion In Regard to the Source of Kant's Assumption,
Possible Methods According to Which Fichte May Dispose
Of The Thing-In-Itself in Accordance with the Principles of Kant's Philosophy
III. Problems Suggested by the Practical Reason
Contradictory Nature of Kant's Treatment of These Problems,
Fichte's Early Interest in Them
IV. Unity in General
Lack o Unity in Kant's System, Kant's Recognition of
The Fact That Unity Had Not Been Reached by Him,
Fichte's Point of Departure From Kant as Stated by Himself
CHAPTER III.
THE PROBLEMS CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES.
Importance of Such Consideration
I. The A Priori Method in Philosophy
Objections to This Method, These Objections Answered
II. The Ultimate Reality
Fichte's Recognition of the Fundamental Question in Philosophy
Phenomenal Character of the Objective World, This Recognized
By the Popular Philosophy and of Proving Its Existence
Mill's Attempt at Proof Criticised, A Better Method Also Fails
Herbert Spencer's Position Unsatisfactory, Importance of the
Attempt to Reach the Ultimate Reality
CHAPTER IV.
THE I AND THE ME.
Fichte's Fundamental Proposition, Propositions of
Identity in General, Basis of The Proposition, Explanation
of Terms, Deduction of The Identity of The I, For The
Proposition Above Given, Definition of The I, Criticism
of This By Herbart, Reply to This Criticism, The Unity of
Self-Consciousness, The Category of Reality
CHAPTER V.
THE NOT-ME AND ITS RELATION TO THE I.
A Second Proposition Needed, It Is The Proposition
of Negation, The Contradiction Contained in It,
The Solution of the Contradiction, Involving a
Third Proposition, Repetition and Explanation of
Fundamental Propositions, The Infinite I
CHAPTER VI.
THE METHOD OF FICHTE AS SUGGESTED BY THE PRINCIPLES ALREADY LAID DOWN.
Analytic and Synthetic Propositions,
Thetic Propositions, Fichte's Method
CHAPTER VII.
THE ANTINOMY OF THE NOT-ME.
The Proposition Which Forms the Basis of the
Theoretical Part of the System, The Antinomy Contained in This,
Translation of This Into Common Speech, Solution of
This Sought in The "Sum Of Reality", A Difficulty Still Remains,
Attempt at Solution By the Category of Causality,
Which Is the Method of Realism, Attempt at Solution By the Category
of Substantiality, Which Is the Method of Idealism, The Results Compared,
Neither Method Wholly Succeeds, Attempt at Solution by the
Assumption of an Independent Activity, This Considered Under
the Category Of Causality, And Under That of Substantiality,
In Which Latter Case It Is Found to be the Productive Imagination,
Summary of a More Minute Discussion, By Which the Not-Me
and the Me Are Seen to Stand to One Another in a Polar Relation,
So That Each Is Exclusive of the Other and Yet Dependent Upon It,
Practical Solution of the Difficulty Involved in This,
The Nature of Substance Discussed, The Difficulty Remains,
Final Attempt at Solution by the Assumption of a Limit,
or by Quantitative Realism, Different Forms of Idealism
and Realism Compared, The Antinomy Still Remains
and Is Theoretically Insoluble
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF THE ANTINOMY.
The Psychological Nature of the Antinomy,
Practical Solution (Critical Idealism), Comparison with Kant,
Source of Sense of Limit in Two-Fold Activity of The I,
The Two Activities of The I Compared, and the Source
of the Categorical Imperative Thereby Found, General Result and Comparison
with Kant, Knowledge of the Objective World Only Through the
Infinite Activity of The I, True Nature of the Activity of The I,
Comparison with Spinozism, and with Stoicism, The Infinite Striving
of The I; Its Nature, and the Possibility of Its Interruption,
General Summary, Nature of the System of Fichte
Plus five more CHAPTERS!
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