Is Cassirer a Neo-Kantian methodologically speaking?

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Cassirer, Neokantism, Heidegger

Abstract

"What does Heidegger understand by Neo-Kantism?" This is the question posed by Ernst Cassirer at the beginning of his debate with Martin Heidegger (1991) at Davos. Although Heidegger regarded neo-Kantianism as the "scapegoat of contemporary philosophy", he seems incapable of naming a "just any neo-Kantian." Cassirer, for his part, thought that there was only one possible answer to this question: "'Neo-Kantianism' should be taken as a definition not in a substantial but functional way." This call serves as the historical and systematic principle by which to evaluate Neo-Kantian philosophy - of course not as a "dogmatic system, but as a line of questioning" (274). It is precisely this line of questioning - as Cassirer argued at Davos in April 1929 - that Herman Cohen's transcendental method raises.

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Massimo Ferrari, University of Turin

Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Turin (Italy). His studies have focused primarily on Italian philosophy, neo-Kantianism, and analytical philosophy in the 20th century.

Gustavo Esparza, Panamerican University, Aguascalientes

Member of the National System of Researchers, Level 1.

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2021-07-08

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Ferrari, M., & Esparza, G. (2021). Is Cassirer a Neo-Kantian methodologically speaking?. Mutatis Mutandis: Revista Internacional De Filosofía, 1(15), 155–168. Retrieved from https://revistamutatismutandis.com/index.php/mutatismutandis/article/view/291

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Vol. 1 No. 15 (2020): Dossier: "250 years of Hegel" | Mutatis Mutandis: International Journal of Philosophy

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