Logic of Science vs. Theory of Creation: The 'Authority of Annihilation' in Hermann Cohen’s Logic of Origin

Wiedebach, Hartwig (2010) Logic of Science vs. Theory of Creation: The 'Authority of Annihilation' in Hermann Cohen’s Logic of Origin. The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 18 (1). pp. 107-120.

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Abstract

The difference between Hermann Cohen’s System of Philosopohy and his philosophy of religion can be determined via the logical “Judgment of Contradiction.” In Cohen’s "Logic of Pure Knowledge" (1902, 1914²) the “Judgment of Contradiction” acts as a “means of protection” against “falsifications” that may have arisen on the pathway through the previous judgments of “origin” and “identity.” Cohen thematizes these operations in his "Religion of Reason Out of the Sources of Judaism," (1919, 1929²) too. However, there they do not form the grounding for natural science but rather for the knowledge of nature as creation in a strict correlation to God’s uniqueness.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Philosophie > Geschichte der Philosophie > g) 20.Jahrhundert
Philosophie > Philosophische Disziplinen > Religionsphilosophie, Religionskritik
Philosophie > Philosophische Disziplinen > Epistemologie, Wissenschaftstheorie, Naturphilosophie
Depositing User: PD Dr. Hartwig Wiedebach
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2020 16:14
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2020 16:14
URI: http://sammelpunkt.philo.at/id/eprint/3703

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