Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)

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philosophical work transcendental idealist work treatise work of German idealism

Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.

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Foundations of the Entire Science of Knowledge 3
Foundations of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre 3
Wissenschaftslehre 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf philosophical work ⓘ
transcendental idealist work ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
work of German idealism ⓘ
aim to derive the structure of experience from the activity of the I ⓘ
to provide a systematic foundation for all knowledge ⓘ
author Johann Gottlieb Fichte ⓘ
centralConcept foundationalism in philosophy ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
non-I (das Nicht-Ich) ⓘ
practical reason ⓘ
self-positing I ⓘ
the I (das Ich) ⓘ
transcendental subjectivity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
systematic philosophy ⓘ
hasPart practical part ⓘ
theoretical part ⓘ
historicalContext late 18th-century German philosophy ⓘ
influenced 19th-century continental philosophy ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

existentialism ⓘ
later German idealism ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
influencedBy Critique of Pure Reason ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
keyTheme the active nature of the subject ⓘ
the grounding of objectivity in subjectivity ⓘ
the primacy of practical reason ⓘ
the systematic derivation of categories from the I ⓘ
the unity of theoretical and practical philosophy ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainSubject the conditions of possibility of experience ⓘ
the constitution of knowledge ⓘ
the constitution of reality ⓘ
the self ⓘ
movement post-Kantian philosophy ⓘ
originalTitle Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wissenschaftslehre
philosophicalClaim reality is constituted in relation to the activity of the I ⓘ
the I posits a not-I as limit and opposition ⓘ
the I posits itself absolutely ⓘ
the self is the ground of the possibility of knowledge ⓘ
theoretical and practical reason are unified in the activity of the I ⓘ
philosophicalTradition German idealism ⓘ
transcendental idealism ⓘ
relatedConcept transcendental philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Foundations of the Entire Science of Knowledge

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Subject: Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre)
Description of subject: Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) is Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops a transcendental idealist account of the self and its role in constituting knowledge and reality.

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this entity surface form: Wissenschaftslehre
Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) → relatedWork → Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte → notableWork → Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
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Fichtean idealism → associatedWork → Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
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Fichtean idealism → associatedWork → Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
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The System of Ethics → follows → Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foundations of the Entire Science of Knowledge
Foundations of Natural Right → follows → Science of Knowledge (Wissenschaftslehre) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foundations of the Entire Science of Knowledge
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this entity surface form: Foundations of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre