The fiction of the affecting object in Hans Vaihinger’s philosophy

PRINGE, HERNÁN

Studi Kantiani

Fabrizio Serra

Lugar: Pisa; Año: 2011 vol. XXIV p. 105 - 118

1123-4938

This paper investigates the relationship between Vaihinger’s interpretation ofthe affecting object as a fiction and his analysis of the problem of affection in Kantianphilosophy. We argue that the fictionalism of the affecting object seeks to solve thedifficulties that Vaihinger finds in the Kantian doctrine of affection. Moreover, weshow that Vaihinger’s position does not entail a complete renunciation of transcendentalidealism, because a fictional transcendent affection can be fully justified within theframework of critical philosophy.