Salomon Maimon: Rational Dogmatist, Empirical Skeptic Critical Asses
Salomon Maimon (1753-1800), one of the most fascinating characters of eighteenth-century intellectual history, came from a traditional orthodox Jewish community in Eastern Europe to Berlin to seek Enlightenment. Maimon remained an outsider: an 'Ostjude' a
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Studies in German Idealism
Series Editor: Reinier Munk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Advisory Editorial Board: Frederick Beiser, Syracuse University, U.S.A. George di Giovanni, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Helmut Holzhey, University of Zürich, Switzerland Detlev Pätzold, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Robert Solomon, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
VOLUME 2
SALOMON MAIMON: RATIONAL DOGMATIST, EMPIRICAL SKEPTIC Critical Assessments
Edited by
GIDEON FREUDENTHAL The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Israel
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-90-481-6363-2 ISBN 978-94-017-2936-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2936-9
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
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INTRODUCTORY EssAY GIDEON FREUDENTHAL: A Philosopher between Two Cultures
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PART ONE: Rational Dogmatism ODED ScHECHTER: The Logic of Speculative Philosophy and Skepticism in Maimon's Philosophy: Satz der Bestimmbarkeit and the Role of Synthesis ELHANAN YAKIRA: From Kant to Leibniz? Salomon Maimon and the Question of Predication MICHAEL RouBACH: Salomon Maimon's Philosophy and Its Place in the Enlightenment: Wandering in the Land of Difference PETER THIELKE: Intuition and Diversity: Kant and Maimon on Space and Time YossEF SCHWARTZ: Causa materialis: Solomon Maimon, Moses ben Maimon and the Possibility of Philosophical Transmission
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PART Two: Empirical Skepticism GIDEON FREUDENTHAL: Maimon's Subversion of Kant's Critique ofPure Reason: There Are No Synthetic a priori Judgments in Physics YARON SENDEROWICZ: Maimon's "Quid Facti" Argument PAUL FRANKS: What should Kantians learn from Maimon's Skepticism? FREDERICK BEISER: Maimon and Fichte
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PART THREE: Unknown Work of Salomon Maimon FLORIAN EHRENSPERGER: Salomon Maimon als Rezensent, nebst einer bisher unbeachteten Rezension
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TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDICES
The Published Works of Maimon Concordance Abbreviations Bibliography The Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects
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PREFACE
Salomon Maimon died on November 22, 1800 (Kislev 5, 5560). To commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of his death, an international conference was held in Tel-Aviv andJerusalem. The conference was co-sponsored by Tel Aviv University's School of History, The Franz Rosenzweig Research Center for GermanJewish Literat
