2018/02/01 by Aryeh Botwinick
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations #Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel #Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
paper · doi:10.1515/dzph-2018-0003
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Abstract This paper argues that Kant’s argument in favor of the primacy of the categories over the world is embedded in a Maimonidean stream of theorizing. In terms of how words and concepts are configured in relation to possible entities outside of themselves, it recapitulates Maimonides’ argument concerning how to situate the human world in relation to God. The judge in Maimonides is the human being who ideally encodes in his character and personality the metaphysical stance reflected in Kant’s categories and Maimonides’ theorizing of God.