OSNOVNE RAZLIKE ZIMMERMANOVE I KANTOVE FILOZOFIJE/BASIC DIFFERENCES OF ZIMMERMMAN'S AND KANT'S PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

The article tries to clarify some basic differences in philosophical views between Zimmermann (1884.-1963.), who is influenced by the Aristotelian-scholastic philosophy of realism, and Kant's philosophy of transcendental idealism. Some of the issues surrounding the controversy are: Kant's understanding of categories as a priori given, through the synthesis of which phenomenal reality should be able to be organized and explored. The problem of understanding the phenomenon as representation. Diversity of approaches on theological problems. Kant's idealistic understanding of the a priori intuition of space and time. The link between the noumenal and the phenomenal.

Zimmermann's epistemological viewpoint is that Kant has restricted the possibility of apprehending truth only to the empirical phenomenal world. Even here Zimmermanns and Kants understanding of the term phenomenon are different. For Zimmermann, phenomenon is not just a representation for us like in Kant. His objective understanding of phenomenon is followed by a realistic approach to our epistemological capabilities of understanding complete truth about the empirical world, which is then followed by metaphysical truth. Zimmermann's philosophical realism is linking noetical scientific truth to the possibility of proving God's existence. While Kant is following his middle path where all of our hypotheses must have an empirical proof. Therefore metaphysical sphere is a dialectical illusion that is satisfying our desire to know rather than providing actual knowledge. The article focuses on two works by Zimmermann that mention Kant in their titles.