Pseudophilosophy
Pseudophilosophy is a disparagingly used term for ideas or systems of thought that pretend to be philosophical , but without having any actual philosophical content. The classification as a pseudophilosophy is partly associated with an accusation of abuse of rational argumentation. The term is only used sporadically and inconsistently.
The concept of the pseudophilosopher can already be proven in the 16th century with the humanist Mario Nizolio , who in 1553 published the text “De veris Principiis et vera ratione philosophandi contra pseudophilosophos”. This writing was considered so important by his admirer Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that Leibniz reissued it in 1670 under the name “Antibarbarus Philosophicus”.
In the 19th century Schopenhauer called the epoch between him and Kant a pseudophilosophy:
"Here, then, is the path on which I went beyond Kant and the boundaries drawn by him, but always on the basis of reflection, and consequently honesty, holding me, therefore without the windshaking pretending of intellectual intuition or absolute thinking, which the Characterized period of pseudophilosophy between Kant and me. "
literature
- Ekkehard Martens : What is and should pseudophilosophy be? Publishing house of the Association of Scientific Societies in Austria, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-85369-571-0
- Mario Nizolio: Four books on the true principles and the true philosophical method against the pseudophilosopher. (German translation: Klaus Thieme), Humanist Library, Series 2, Vol. 26, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-77051-477-7 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicholas Rescher's definition in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy reads: "deliberations that masquerade as philosophical but are inept, incompetent, deficient in intellectual seriousness, and reflective of an insufficient commitment to the pursuit of truth."
- ↑ Schopenhauer: The world as will and idea . Schopenhauer-ZA Vol. 3, p. 339.