The Transcendence of the Empirical in Husserl and Kant
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"The Transcendence of the Empirical in Husserl and Kant" is Theodor W. Adorno’s doctoral dissertation, in which he critically examines how Edmund Husserl and Immanuel Kant each attempt to ground empirical experience in transcendental philosophical structures.
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Target entity: The Transcendence of the Empirical in Husserl and Kant Context triple: [Theodor W. Adorno, doctoralThesis, The Transcendence of the Empirical in Husserl and Kant]
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Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind is the English title of G. W. F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness, self-awareness, and reason toward absolute knowledge.
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The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge is a 1940 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that defends logical empiricism by critically examining sense-data theories and the justification of empirical beliefs.
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“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism” is a landmark philosophical essay that challenges the analytic–synthetic distinction and reductionism, reshaping 20th-century debates in epistemology and the philosophy of language.
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System of Transcendental Idealism
System of Transcendental Idealism is a major 1800 philosophical work by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling that systematically develops his version of German idealism by tracing the emergence of consciousness and nature from an underlying absolute.
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E.
On the History of Modern Philosophy
On the History of Modern Philosophy is a series of late lectures by German idealist philosopher F. W. J. Schelling that critically surveys and interprets the development of modern philosophy from Descartes onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The Transcendence of the Empirical in Husserl and Kant Target entity description: "The Transcendence of the Empirical in Husserl and Kant" is Theodor W. Adorno’s doctoral dissertation, in which he critically examines how Edmund Husserl and Immanuel Kant each attempt to ground empirical experience in transcendental philosophical structures.
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A.
Phenomenology of Mind
Phenomenology of Mind is the English title of G. W. F. Hegel’s seminal philosophical work that traces the development of human consciousness, self-awareness, and reason toward absolute knowledge.
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B.
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge
The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge is a 1940 philosophical work by A. J. Ayer that defends logical empiricism by critically examining sense-data theories and the justification of empirical beliefs.
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C.
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism” is a landmark philosophical essay that challenges the analytic–synthetic distinction and reductionism, reshaping 20th-century debates in epistemology and the philosophy of language.
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D.
System of Transcendental Idealism
System of Transcendental Idealism is a major 1800 philosophical work by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling that systematically develops his version of German idealism by tracing the emergence of consciousness and nature from an underlying absolute.
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E.
On the History of Modern Philosophy
On the History of Modern Philosophy is a series of late lectures by German idealist philosopher F. W. J. Schelling that critically surveys and interprets the development of modern philosophy from Descartes onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | doctoral dissertation ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Hans Cornelius ⓘ |
| academicInstitution |
University of Frankfurt
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linked to:
Goethe University Frankfurt
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| addresses |
concept of transcendence in Husserl
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concept of transcendence in Kant ⓘ conditions of possibility of experience ⓘ relation between empirical and transcendental ⓘ |
| author | Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ |
| authorBelongsTo | Frankfurt School ⓘ |
| compares |
Husserl’s phenomenology
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Kant’s transcendental idealism ⓘ |
| concerns |
limits of phenomenological method
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tension between empirical content and a priori form ⓘ |
| countryOfInstitution | Germany ⓘ |
| examinesWorkOf |
Edmund Husserl
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history of philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ theoretical philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
critique of transcendental grounding
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grounding of empirical experience ⓘ transcendental structures of consciousness ⓘ |
| genre | academic thesis ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
neo-Kantianism
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phenomenological movement ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Edmund Husserl
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German idealism ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ empirical experience ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ transcendental philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | critical examination ⓘ |
| philosophicalCategory | transcendental epistemology ⓘ |
| philosophicalProblem |
how empirical knowledge is grounded
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status of empirical reality in transcendental philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
critique of Husserl
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critique of Kant ⓘ early work of Theodor W. Adorno ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 1920s ⓘ |
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