The science of knowledge

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• sirtoffski · Jul 23, 2021 · Recommends

  I would very much recommend Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s “Foundations of the Science of Knowledge”. It’s a dense read, nevertheless an interesting insight on consciousness. https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/scienc...

  on “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)” ↗
• cafard · Jul 18, 2022 · Mentions

  I would suggest starting with The Vocation of Man, which is short and clearly written. If you wish to go on to The Science of Knowledge, I'd suggest reading up on Kant, and perhaps some Schelling: I found Fichte a lot less opaque after reading a couple of short volumes of Schelling. It has been a while since I read it, but it seems to…

  on “Why Read Fichte Today?” ↗
• cafard · Sep 21, 2021 · Critical

  Fichte's Science of Knowledge defeated me at 22, and again in my 50s. There are plenty of books that I have left unfinished, and hardly recall. But Fichte sticks with me for utter incomprehensibility. Maybe I'll give him another shot.

  on “Ask HN: What books have you not finished?” ↗
• cafard · Oct 29, 2022 · Mentions

  …Human Knowledge: Four Early Essays by Schelling. Schelling was one of the German Idealist that I had never tried to read (well, there was one volume that I couldn't make headway in ten years ago). The Science of Knowledge by Fichte, which had always defeated me in intermittent attempts to read it over forty-five years. A Concept of Justice by John Rawls. Everyone talked about it, I hadn't read it. I do need to read it…

  on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗
• cafard · Jan 10, 2021 · Mentions

  Oh, come now. Worse than Fichte and Schelling? Hegel is pretty tough going, but I found The Science of Knowledge to be something like trying to shovel packed snow with a spork.

  on “C.S. Lewis on the Reading of Old Books” ↗