Ausdehnung und Freiheit

Translated title of the contribution: Extension and freedom

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the basic features of Fichte's doctrine of perception as laid down in his Thatsachen des Bewußtseyns aus dem ws 1811/12. Special attention is given to Fichte's analysis of external perception and of the role played by extension (Ausdehnung) as an essential component of it. In Fichte's view, extension is characterized by, among other things, the fact that it presupposes some kind of freedom. This is closely related to Fichte's view that freedom is not something whose representation is just added to other representations. According to him, it is the reverse: freedom (viz. the representation of freedom) is already entailed in many other representations - it is a determining, if tacit (or, as he puts it, hidden and invisible) factor that decisively shapes many other representations viz. their content.

Translated title of the contributionExtension and freedom
Original languageGerman
Title of host publicationMit Fichte philosophieren
Subtitle of host publicationPerspektiven seiner Philosophie nach 200 Jahren
EditorsMatteo Vincenzo d'Alfonso, Thomas Kisser, Petra Lohmann, Jacinto Rivera de Rosales
PublisherBrill | Rodopi
Pages61-91
Number of pages31
ISBN (Electronic)9789004361997
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

Publication series

NameFichte-Studien
Volume45
ISSN (Print)0925-0166
ISSN (Electronic)1879-5811

Keywords

  • Extension
  • External perception
  • Facts of consciousness
  • Liberty
  • Theory of perception

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