Philosophisches Jahrbuch

Abstract. The article discusses Wittgenstein’s notion of language-game by focusing on his inversion of the relation between foundation and construction. By examining Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language and life, the article attempts to gain...

Abstract. The conceptions of wit and irony of the early Friedrich Schlegel together constitute a philosophically ambitious form of early-romantic dialectic. This dialectic was directed especially against the closed philosophical system of Fichte,...

Abstract. According to the theory of appearing, veridical perception consists in an irreducible relation of appearing between a perceiving subject and a physical object. The paper sketches the development of the theory and its relation to competing...

Abstract. In destructing traditional metaphysics, Heidegger accuses German Idealism of eliminating the finite in favour of the infinite. Particularly Hegel is criticized for ignoring the true finitude of Dasein and thereby misinterpreting being as...