Single Idea 6161

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 4. Linguistic Structuralism]

Full Idea

Structuralism is a form of neo-Kantian idealism, in which the job of creating Kant's phenomenal world has been taken over by language instead of forms of sensibility and categories of the understanding.

Gist of Idea

Structuralism is neo-Kantian idealism, with language playing the role of categories of understanding

Source

Mark Rowlands (Externalism [2003], Ch.3)

Book Reference

Rowlands,Mark: 'Externalism' [Acumen 2003], p.48


A Reaction

A helpful connection, which explains my aversion to any attempt at understanding the world simply by analysing language, either in its ordinary usage, or in its underlying logical form.