Maimon's subversion of Kant's critique of pure reason

there are no synthetic a priori judgments in physics

Gideon Freudenthal

pp. 144-175

in: Gideon Freudenthal (ed), Salomon Maimon: rational dogmatist, empirical skeptic, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

Maimon characterized his philosophical position as "rational dogmatism and empirical skepticism" (Tr, II, 436). In this paper I concentrate on the latter half of this description, and argue that Maimon's empirical skepticism subverts and jeopardizes Kant's project in the Critique of Pure Reason.¹

Cited authors

Kant Immanuel

Maimon Salomon