Daemons and Genius: On the Place of the Genius in Science and Philosophy According to Kant, Goethe, and Hegel
Daemons and Genius: On the Place of the Genius in Science and Philosophy According to Kant, Goethe, and Hegel
Author(s): Emmanuel ChaputSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Critique of Judgment; genius; J.W. Goethe; G.W.F. Hegel; I. Kant; theory of science;
Summary/Abstract: In his Critique of Judgment, Kant rejected the idea of genius in science. Goethe, in a sense, lifted this ban. Despite his interest in Kant's third critique, Goethean science, by the very nature of the scientist's relation to nature, implies a certain idea of the genius analogous to the one Kant had glimpsed in the realm of art. Thus, in this paper I begin by explaining Kant’s refusal of the genius in science, I then explain how Goethe’s own approach to science and nature seems to allow such an idea of a scientific genius able to grasp the genius(es) of nature. I then turn to Hegel and his own way to deal with this issue in relation with philosophy understood as a demonstrative science.
Journal: Studii de istorie a filosofiei universale
- Issue Year: XXXII/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 39-52
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
