His religious inclinations began to change while at the stuttgart gymnasium where he became interested in pantheism and then, under the influence of darwin, in evolutionary philosophy. We propose a french translation of an extract from chapter xxvi of vaihingers philosophie des als ob. If when once this mechanism has been disclosed it is still claimed that these construct. As if kwame anthony appiah harvard university press. Media in category hans vaihinger the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. One of the great kant scholars, in 1884 he went to halle, where he became full professor in 1892. Pdf the paper contains a detailed exposition and analysis of the philosophie des als ob, proposed by hans vahinger in the conclusion. This is an important book of one idea, but that idea is a very important one for the social scientist. Download ebook the philosophy of as if pdf for free. His own system was set forth in 1911 and was translated into english as the philosophy of as if 1924. Look up this entry topic at the internet philosophy ontology project inpho.
Pdf this paper is a summary of a course taught at the university of trier in 2010. His studies of kant culminated in kantein metaphysiker. Vaihingers egen filosofi kaldes af ueberweg for idealistiskpragmatisk positivisme og nykantianisme. Vaihinger, hans article about vaihinger, hans by the free. I suspect that by saying this about his book, hans vaihinger meant, in fact. Influenced by kants view that the mind sets itself problems that it cannot solve, and by the pessimism of schopenhauer, vaihinger denied that there is any prospect of achieving truth in many. Educated at tubingen, leipzig, and berlin, he served at strasbourg first as tutor and then as professor of philosophy. To view the pdf, you must log in or become a member.
Lange, developed kantianism in the direction of pragmatism by espousing a theory of fictions as the basis of what he called his as if philosophy. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. However, the interest hans vaihinger philosophy of as if literary scholars has continued modestly with the publication of some recent vaihinger inflected critical literature. Although he developed unorthodox religious views at an early age, he attended the theological college of the university of t u bingen.
Born on 25 september 1852 near tubingen, the son of the pastor johann georg vaihinger, hans was intended for the clergy. He shows how each of these thinkers contributes to the emergence of the philosophy of as if, which is a mode of philosophizing that seeks to face squarely the epistemic implications. Philosophy of as if the subtitle an idealistic positivism it is but one of the contradictions. Vaihinger was educated in theology at tubingen, and became professor at halle. A system of the theoretical, practical and religious fictions of mankind vaihinger, hans, payne, david g. Paul siakaluk rated it liked it mar 11, reading back from nietzsche, vaihinger casts a new light on the true epistemic function, for organismic existents, of the laws of nature, of causality, of the lines, points, and of axioms of avihinger mathematician, of the independent substances inevitably postulated by the logician, and of the very. Another major influence on alfred adlers thinking was the philosopher hans vaihinger, who wrote a book called the philosophy of as if. A system of the theoretical, practical and religious fictions of mankind hans vaihinger, david g. A system of the theoretical, practical and religious fictions of. Hans vaihinger 18521933 was a neokantian philosopher, who made important contributions to epistemology, philosophy of science and mathematics, and to the historiography of philosophy. Hans vaihinger wikipedia when, inhis philosophy of as if was published in english, the original book was already in its sixth edition. Vaihinger wanted to be a man of action, but his extreme nearsightedness forced.
If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this hans vaihinger study guide and get instant access to the following critical essays. Pdf as if reasoning in vaihinger and pasch stephen pollard. The philosopher hans vaihinger first delineated the as if impulse at the turn of the twentieth century, drawing on kant, who argued that rational agency required us to act as if we were free.
A system of the theoretical, practical and religious fictions of mankind german. In that book, vaihinger gave fictionalism its most complete expression and therefore, vaihingers work is a fundamental reference for understanding the contemporary debate on that concept. Hans vaihinger, german philosopher who, influenced by arthur schopenhauer and f. Albert leclere wissen, dass vaihinger seine philosophie des alsob schon. According to our current online database, hans vaihinger has 1 student and 109 descendants. The title of the work refers to the use of fictions in all fields of study. Vaihinger was born in nehren, wurttemberg, germany, near. The stake of this text is to manifest, on the one hand, that using fictions is necessary to deal with several theoretical and practical problems. Vaihinger and nietzsche, the two most radical followers of kants philosophy of cognition in the. Vaihingers as if philosophy has value for psychology. A system of the theoretical, practical and philosophy and scientific method. Hans vaihinger is currently considered a single author.
He is remembered for his fictionalism or philosophy of as if. Vaihinger, hans 1852 1933 hans vaihinger, the german philosopher of the as if, was born in a devout home near t u bingen. He also notes that the theory implies that claims about the utility of holding doctrines and even the theory itself are no more than useful fictions. Vaihinger s philosophy of as if, and he built that concept into his psychology the following quotation is from the article alfred adler 1870 1937 by c. Vaihinger gives an indepth history of such concepts, vaihinegr from science and philosophy. Publication date 1922 topics erkenntnistheorie, fiktionalismus, philosophie collection opensource language. We begin with an overview of vaihingers as if approach. Feb 15, 2019 intended as part of my paper philosophy of modeling in 1870s. Hans vaihinger 18521933 was a neokantian philosopher, who made.