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In the final paragraph of the section of Glauben und Wissen devoted to a discussion of Kant's idealism, Hegel writes that the »highest idea« of the Kantian philosophy is the »complete emptiness of subjectivity«.' This is a curious remark for Hegel to make if only because Kant never describes the merits of his system in this way. Indeed, it would seem far more accurate to identify as the »highest idea« of his philosophy the veiy significant role that subjectivity plays, in the application of its a priori forms and laws, in making our experience possible. So why does Hegel teil us that subjectivity in Kant's philosophy is »empty«? Perhaps we can derive aclue from his discussion of the »Transcendental Deduction« earlier in these pages. There he takes notice not just of Kant's argument for the necessity of the categories but also of his claim that the categories are »empty« unless applied to appearances. Perhaps in writing that Kant's »highest idea« is the »emptiness of subjectivity«, then, Hegel means nothing more than to endorse Kant's claim that experience, for us, requires not just thought or concepts, but thought that is applied to appearances as well. This, after all, is what Kan

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Author

Sally Sedgwick

Publisher

Duncker & Humblot GmbH

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)