Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / «Waiting-Hall of Perceptions»: O. Weininger’s Critique of Mach’s I-Definition

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (7)
Authors
Niz’eva, Larisa V.
Contact information
Niz’eva, Larisa V.:Institute of Philosophy and Law, UBA RAS 16 Sof’i Kovalevskoi Str., Ekaterinburg, 620990, Russia; E-mail:
Keywords
Austrian philosophy; «I»-definition; complex of perceptions; elements; monad; genius; principle of ethics
Abstract

The present article is devoted to analysis of the anti-essential “I”-definition given by Ernst Mach in his work “The Analysis of Sensations” and shows Mach’s influence on the contemporary philosophers in the whole and on Otto Weininger in particular, using the methods of interpretation and reconstruction. The benefit of this article is that it proves that O.Weininger’s critique of Mach’s “I”-definition is based on monad theory of the German philosopher G.W. Leibniz. Moreover it also shows to a considerable extent a key element of Austrian philosophical tradition regarding German concept of individuality and history, which is in religious confrontation of Protestantism and Catholicism. Consequently Weininger’s approach is one-of-a-kind, because after he converted to Protestantism he denied in such a way Austrian idea and made his choice in favor of German philosophy which united him with Kant’s ideas who established ethical principle of unlimited freedom of mind

Pages
1145-1152
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/13218

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