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Full Idea
Philosophy after Kant has involved a continuing critique of its own project.
Gist of Idea
Since Kant, self-criticism has been part of philosophy
Source
Gary Gutting (Foucault: a very short introduction [2005], 6)
Book Ref
Gutting,Gary: 'Foucault' [OUP 2005], p.60
A Reaction
I'm struck by many modern philosophers in the analytic tradition who write as if Kant had never existed. I don't know if that is a conscious decision, but it may be a good one.
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