Das Reflexivitätsproblem und die Kategorienlehre: Versuch einer Aktualisierung

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The present paper starts by arguing that a systematically important distinction between two forms of reflexiveness is tenable. The first emphasizes acts involving a human subject whereas the second transcends this category and is better pronounced as an ontological - possibly ecological - relation. The distinction itself is framed as a proactive problem invigorating a certain strand in the history of philosophy dealing with biological questions since Kant’s Critique of Judgment. Sketching out the genealogy then allows for contextualizing the method of categorical exposition insofar as it is deployed for conceptualizing living beings inHartmann and Plessner. In so doing the categorical difference of upward and downward causation is introduced while seizing upon Hegel’s ontology of logical grounding. Finally, the mathematically inspired concept of a reflexive closure operator summarizes the whole argument while relating both Hartmann’s and Plessner’s thought to current trends in the philosophy of science and also to some empirical contexts indicated in recent complex systems related research.
Original languageGerman
Title of host publicationNicolai Hartmanns Neue Ontologie und die Philosophische Anthropologie : Menschliches Leben in Natur und Geist
EditorsMoritz von Kalckreuth, Gregor Schmieg, Friedrich Hausen
Number of pages26
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication date01.04.2019
Pages63-88
ISBN (print)978-3-11-061390-2
ISBN (electronic)978-3-11-061555-5, 978-3-11-061436-7
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Publication statusPublished - 01.04.2019