Gunnar Hindrichs
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Gunnar Hindrichs
Gunnar Hindrichs is professor of Philosophy at the University of Basel. Visiting professorships have taken him to Italy, Finland and the USA. In 2007, he was awarded the Academy Prize of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Gunnar Hindrichs is professor of Philosophy at the University of Basel. Visiting professorships have taken him to Italy, Finland and the USA. In 2007, he was awarded the Academy Prize of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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Year of Publication: 2020
Gunnar HindrichsYear of Publication: 2020
On Critical Theory
Critical theory is perspicacious nonsense. Criticism means examining, differentiating, evaluation. Theory means a knowledge structure. According to Kant, criticism therefore constitutes a »propaedeutic« to theory.
If we merge the two, we become entangled in a contradiction. Gunnar Hindrichs’ new studies deal with this perspicacious nonsense of critical theory and they go against...