Naturalism in German Idealism

October 25, 2013 - October 26, 2013
New School for Social Research, Columbia University

New York
United States

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Robert Brandom
University of Pittsburgh
Eckart Förster
Johns Hopkins University
Terry Pinkard
Georgetown University
Rachel Zuckert
Northwestern University

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Questions concerning Naturalism hover over much of contemporary philosophy. To what degree does responsible epistemic and ethical enquiry presuppose Naturalism? On what basis might we commit to a world lacking supernatural entities or features? To what extent is our world discoverable through systematic empirical enquiry? How do we understand second nature as falling within a Naturalist picture? Naturalism has become a hallmark of a reasonable and rational philosophical view, and yet articulating a clear and substantive notion of Naturalism remains both a difficult and highly controversial affair.

Equally contested is the relation between German Idealism and such contemporary commitments to Naturalism.  Thinkers ranging from Kant, Fichte and Hegel, to romanticists such as Schelling, Hölderlin, Schlegel, were concerned to articulate our place in the world, developing and critiquing accounts of the individual, scientific enquiry and the nature of systematic philosophy.  But what is far from clear is whether these philosophers articulated their views in a way consistent with contemporary commitments to Naturalism. Or rather: do their own projects expand and deepen contemporary thinking about these issues?  Do we dilute what is radical and challenging in these views, when we take them to be committed to a naturalistic project? Do they help us understand Naturalism in a way that takes us beyond scientism?  Or help us negotiate the relationship between the space of laws and the space of reasons, between the commitments of science and normative engagement in the world?  


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