<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The author exemplifies the congruency of essential foundations between the critical realism of the Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology (Gestalt theory) and Nicolai Hartmann’s <italic>Critical Ontology</italic>. For instance, this congruency manifests in the importance given to critical-realistic epistemology – purified from idealistic prejudices, not least prejudices such as production-theoretical ones – connected with an unconditional phenomenology. Altogether, it results in a shared critical distance from scholars of Brentano, such as Husserl and Meinong, as well as from Neo-Kantianism.</p></abstract>

The author exemplifies the congruency of essential foundations between the critical realism of the Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology (Gestalt theory) and Nicolai Hartmann’s Critical Ontology. For instance, this congruency manifests in the importance given to critical-realistic epistemology – purified from idealistic prejudices, not least prejudices such as production-theoretical ones – connected with an unconditional phenomenology. Altogether, it results in a shared critical distance from scholars of Brentano, such as Husserl and Meinong, as well as from Neo-Kantianism.

Nicolai Hartmanns <italic>Critical Ontology</italic> and the <italic>Critical Realism of the Berlin School</italic> of Gestalt Psychology

University of Vienna University of Vienna

Gestalt Theory

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The author exemplifies the congruency of essential foundations between the critical realism of the Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology (Gestalt theory) and...

Nicolai Hartmanns Critical Ontology and the Critical Realism of the Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology

Publié en ligne: 13 mai 2019

Pages: 9 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0002

Mots clés
Nicolai Hartmann, Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology (Gestalt theory), Critical ontology, Critical realism, Phenomenology, Transcendental act, Production theory, Graz School of Gestalt Psychology

© 2019 Hans-Jürgen P. Walter, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nicolai Hartmanns Critical Ontology and the Critical Realism of the Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology

Publié en ligne: 13 mai 2019

Pages: 9 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0002

Mots clésNicolai Hartmann, Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology (Gestalt theory), Critical ontology, Critical realism, Phenomenology, Transcendental act, Production theory, Graz School of Gestalt Psychology

© 2019 Hans-Jürgen P. Walter, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Nicolai Hartmann, Berlin School of Gestalt Psychology (Gestalt theory), Critical ontology, Critical realism, Phenomenology, Transcendental act, Production theory, Graz School of Gestalt Psychology