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La teoria della coscienza di Maimon nel dibattito tra Reinhold e Schulze

Abstract

The article aims to present S. Maimon’s theory of consciousness in the light of the context from which it arises: the debate on consciousness between K. L. Reinhold and E. Schulze on the basis of I. Kant’s critical work. As I will show, Maimon considers that the perspective from which transcendental philosophy approaches the problem of consciousness is wrong; the mistake of his contemporaries does not consist in the specific definition of consciousness they offer, but in the same pretension to provide one. Furthermore, an attempt is made to show how this “sceptical” position concerning consciousness is compatible with the systematic project of a transcendental philosophy pursued by Maimon through the method of fiction.