We propose Fichtean theoretical philosophy as the unifying theme of the following essays, which are all devoted to the second phase of Fichte’s Berlin period. Each of the authors has freely interpreted this theme in their own manner, clearly making the effort to return to the genetic nucleus or foundation of this philosophy, which Twesten termed the actual “thing” that Fichte was really interested in. In this sense the expression ‘theoretical philosophy’ should not be understood in opposition to practical philosophy, as if it were a question of a genetic understanding of representation that is distinct from an understanding of the effort, an approach that Fichte had adopted, for example, in the Foundations of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre of 1794-95. The term theoretical philosophy is to be understood here in a much broader and more general sense, one that is familiar in the Italian philosophical tradition; namely, in the sense of fundamental philosophy, where thought is concerned with the underlying structure of reality and life, with its “elements” and constituent principles.
Fichte 1810-1814 Theoretical Philosophy. Foreword.
D'ALFONSO, Matteo Vincenzo;
2014
Abstract
We propose Fichtean theoretical philosophy as the unifying theme of the following essays, which are all devoted to the second phase of Fichte’s Berlin period. Each of the authors has freely interpreted this theme in their own manner, clearly making the effort to return to the genetic nucleus or foundation of this philosophy, which Twesten termed the actual “thing” that Fichte was really interested in. In this sense the expression ‘theoretical philosophy’ should not be understood in opposition to practical philosophy, as if it were a question of a genetic understanding of representation that is distinct from an understanding of the effort, an approach that Fichte had adopted, for example, in the Foundations of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre of 1794-95. The term theoretical philosophy is to be understood here in a much broader and more general sense, one that is familiar in the Italian philosophical tradition; namely, in the sense of fundamental philosophy, where thought is concerned with the underlying structure of reality and life, with its “elements” and constituent principles.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.