Introduction

pp. 3-12

in: Thomas Nemeth, Kant in imperial Russia, Berlin, Springer, 2017

Abstract

Here we look principally at the Masaryk-Radlov thesis that, historically speaking, Russian thinkers paid scant attention to epistemological concerns, favoring practical issues. This preference accounted for their meager interest in Kant, which, in turn, reinforced their failure to develop a detailed theory of cognition. In this chapter, we look at responses to this thesis by several prominent Russian philosophers.