‘Left-Kantianism’ and the ‘Scientific Dispute’ between Rudolf Stammler and Hermann Cohen

Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie (forthcoming)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This paper argues that the ‘scientific dispute’ between Hermann Cohen and Rudolf Stammler is symptomatic of a philosophical movement of left-wing Kant interpretations at the turn of the twentieth century. By outlining influential predecessors that shaped Cohen’s and Stammler’s thinking, I show that their Kantian justifications of socialism differ regarding their conception of law, history, and the political implications that follow from their practical philosophies. Against scholars who suggest that the Marburg School’s view on socialism was a coherent school of thought, I introduce the concept of ‘left-Kantianism’ as an open term that includes a wide variety of novel socialist approaches to Kant at the time.

Other Versions

No versions found

Similar books and articles

Hermann Cohen.Scott Edgar - 2010 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Friedrich Albert Lange’s theory of values.Chiara Russo Krauss - 2023 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 31 (3):528-549.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-12-22

Downloads
391 (#76,793)

6 months
128 (#43,129)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Elisabeth Widmer
University of Oslo

Citations of this work

Add more citations

References found in this work

Philosophie in Deutschland, 1831-1933.Herbert Schnädelbach (ed.) - 1983 - Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre.Max Weber - 1924 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 98:151-152.
Late German Idealism: Trendelenburg and Lotze.Frederick C. Beiser - 2013 - New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

View all 24 references / Add more references