What Can Be Known, and What Can Be Merely Acknowledged? The Initial Questions of Epistemology in Robert Spaemann’s Philosophy Cover Image

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What Can Be Known, and What Can Be Merely Acknowledged? The Initial Questions of Epistemology in Robert Spaemann’s Philosophy

Author(s): Vojtěch Šimek
Subject(s): Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, German Idealism, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Robert Spaemann’s philosophy; epistemology; Anerkennung

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses two preliminary epistemological problems in Robert Spaemann’s philosophy that have not yet been addressed as mutually linked. The common root of both problems lies in the way Spaemann specifically applies Kant’s statement “being is not a real predicate”. The first problem concerns the criteria for distinguishing between waking and dream cognition, the second the criteria for distinguishing a living being from a simulation. The analysis shows, among other things, the broader context of Spaemann’s epistemological position, its three main characteristics, and Spaemann’s specific use of the term Anerkennung (“acknowledgement”), which he adopted from German idealism.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 66-67
  • Page Range: 111-133
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Czech
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