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- Title
TRUTH, TIME, AND THE EXTENDED UMWELT PRINCIPLE: CONCEPTUAL LIMITS AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS.
- Authors
STEINECK, CHRISTIAN
- Abstract
This paper seeks to elucidate methodological constraints that apply to a natural philosophy of time as envisioned by J. T. Fraser from the point of view of a critical (Neo-Kantian) theory of knowledge. The seminal concept considered is the "extended Umwelt principle," which in Fraser's theory serves to establish a strong link between ontology and epistemology. It is argued here that this link is problematic. Furthermore, the extended Umwelt principle does not account for the specific characteristics of the human notion of the "world." The human "world" is not just a larger Umwelt, extended by technical instruments, but, to the contrary, a critical tool to reflect on the confinements of any Umwelt. The final section sketches out some revisions to and guiding principles for the further development of the natural philosophy of time on the grounds of the analysis given.
- Subjects
THEORY of knowledge; PHILOSOPHY; TRUTH; PHYSICS; HUMAN beings
- Publication
Value Inquiry Book Series, 2017, Vol 299, p350
- ISSN
0929-8436
- Publication type
Article