From Being Reflexive to Absolute ReflectionÂ â Fichteâs Original Insight Reconsidered

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004459793_008

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This paper defends Fichteâs conception of the absolute I by interpreting it as a modification of the reflection theory. It firstly provides a short outline of Dieter Henrichâs idea of Fichteâs âoriginal insight,â before delineating the problems of Fichteâs âoriginal insightâ as they are presented by Henrich. It then analyzes Fichteâs concept of the absolute I by reconstructing its deduction in the Foundations of the Science of Knowledge (1794). With the concept of the absolute I delineated in this manner, it then argues against Henrichâs objections. It concludes that Fichteâs conception of the absolute I is not a rejection of the reflection theory, but rather a radical re-interpretation of it.

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The Enigma of Fichteâs First Principles

Series:Â Fichte-Studien, Volume: 49

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004459793

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 24 Mar 2021

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- History
  - Intellectual History
- Philosophy

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Teil 1 / Part 1 Fichteâs Earliest Reflections on First Principles

Teil 2 / Part 2 The First Principles of the Wissenschaftslehre

Teil 3 / Part 3 The First Principles of the Sub-Disciplines of the Wissenschaftslehre

Teil 4 / Part 4 Freie BeitrÃ¤ge

Teil 5 / Part 5 Rezensionen

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