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Chapter 8 - Kant on Wolff and Dogmatism

from Part IV - Kant on Dogmatism and Scepticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2023

Gabriele Gava
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Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
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This chapter has two aims. First, I want to provide an interpretation of Kant’s critique of dogmatism, with Christian Wolff as the chief defender of that approach. I distinguish between three different characterizations of dogmatism that Kant provides. I show that Kant regards Wolff as a dogmatist in two of these senses and explain how he can consistently hold that view. Second, I aim to offer an account of Kant’s views on the relationship between his ‘critical’ method and Wolff’s ‘dogmatic’ method, since Kant suggests that the latter is not without its merits.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Kant on Wolff and Dogmatism
  • Gabriele Gava, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
  • Book: Kant's <I>Critique of Pure Reason</I> and the Method of Metaphysics
  • Online publication: 11 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009172127.013
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  • Kant on Wolff and Dogmatism
  • Gabriele Gava, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
  • Book: Kant's <I>Critique of Pure Reason</I> and the Method of Metaphysics
  • Online publication: 11 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009172127.013
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  • Kant on Wolff and Dogmatism
  • Gabriele Gava, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
  • Book: Kant's <I>Critique of Pure Reason</I> and the Method of Metaphysics
  • Online publication: 11 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009172127.013
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