Note 86 — Chapter XIV · CONCLUSION

Eucken follows Kant in the fact that after the union of subject and object has taken place a new kind of objectivity has to be taken into account. This result has to be admitted before knowledge becomes possible at all. Eucken has not dealt in a thorough manner with this problem, although several hints are given concerning the importance of this transcendental aspect in Kant's philosophy. The implications of such a new kind of objectivity avoid the danger of subjectivism, on the one hand, and of empiricism on the other hand. Eucken's forthcoming Theory of Knowledge will deal with this important matter. In Erkennen und Leben certain aspects of the problem are touched.