Fichte, Progress, and the Rise of Positivism in Latin America

Elizabeth Millán Brusslan

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Pages:: 124–132

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004532984_008

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Abstract

Fichte described his system as “the first system of freedom.” In my essay, I discuss some of the connections between Fichte’s philosophy and the political movements that shaped Latin American in the wake of the independence movements. I focus upon Fichte’s notion of progress and domination to suggest a connection to Latin American Positivism. In particular, I look at the ways in which Fichte’s views of nature in The Vocation of Man, give us a view of science that is focused on facts and the domination and conquest of nature that is similar to the views of Positivism that took over in Latin America to bring progress to the continent.

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Fichte in the Americas

Series: Fichte-Studien, Supplementa, Volume: 30

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004532984

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 23 May 2023

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- American Studies
  - General
- Philosophy
  - German Idealism

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