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Project

Organic constitution and historicized necessity. The development of a contemporary transcendental philosophy of co-constitution
Code
01DI1113
Duration
01 September 2013 → 31 December 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Theory and methodology of philosophy
    • Philosophy
    • Ethics
    • Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
transcendental philosophy co-constitution objectivity
 
Project description

This project reinterprets Kant's theory of the constitution of objectivity in light of his thought on biology. His organice metaphors for the notions of "system" and "faculty" suggest that the dichotomies central to his philosophy are more dynamic than often thought. This rereading is the basis for the development of a contemporary transcendental philosophy that can accomodate contingency and historicity.