"As If," Philosophy of

COME SE, FILOSOFIA DEL

Volume IV · p. 51 · 1950 · Philosophy

English translation · Testo originale italiano

"AS IF," PHILOSOPHY of. - Title of the principal work of Hans Vaihinger (v.) and summary formula (als ob or also vie senn) of the interpretation of Kantian philosophy that he attempted. With this complicated conjunction Vaihinger wished to express precisely the so-called "method of fictions," which has, more or less, great importance in all the sciences, and to show the enormous role that the appearance of representations and judgments founded on false persuasions plays in the conception of the world and of life. A philosophy that he qualified as "positivist idealism."

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H. Vaihinger, Wie die Philosophie des Als ob entstand, in Philosophie der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen, Leipzig 1923, p. 203 ff. Cornelio Fabro

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 45–46.

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Fabro, Cornelio. “Come Se, filosofia del.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 45–46. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/come-se-filosofia-del.

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Fabro, Cornelio. “Come Se, filosofia del.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 45–46. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/come-se-filosofia-del.

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  author    = {Fabro, Cornelio},
  title     = {Come Se, filosofia del},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {45--46},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/come-se-filosofia-del}
}