Kant-criticism in the era of the great reforms

pp. 129-152

in: Thomas Nemeth, Kant in imperial Russia, Berlin, Springer, 2017

Abstract

This chapter covers the emergence of philosophy after Russia's humiliating performance in the Crimean War and with the reforms of the early 1860s associated with the new tsar. But the revival of philosophy in secular institutions meant they had to turn to theologically trained professors for staffing needs. One such was Jurkevich, who criticized Kant from an outspoken Platonism. Another who burst on the philosophical scene was Petr Lavrov, who incorporated a Kantian-inspired phenomenalism into his own original philosophy.