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Josef König’s Distinction between Theoretical and Practical Sentences

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Josef König’s thinking is dominated by the idea of “radical” difference and by a particular example of that radical difference. I will begin with a few preliminary words about both.

Originally appeared under the title, “The Central Distinction in Josef König’s Philosophy” in Dilthey-Jahrbuch, Bd. 7, 1990–1991, pp. 230–249

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  1. Husserl, E., Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie, Erstes Buch, ed. W. Biemel, The Hague, 1952, § 13.

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  5. By “logic lectures”, I am referring to König’s two-semester long lecture course on Theoretische und Praktische Sätze, given in Göttingen during the summer semester 1953 and winter semester 1953/54. I make use of my own lecture notes.

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  6. I am indebted to Professor F. Rodi for making a copy of this essay entitled Der Logische Unterschied theoretische und praktische Sätze, available to me. I will refer to this essay as TuP. The paginations are from the printed galleys. The essay was never published.

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Mohanty, J.N. (1999). Josef König’s Distinction between Theoretical and Practical Sentences. In: Logic, Truth and the Modalities. Synthese Library, vol 278. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2113-4_8

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