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of the Newtonian philosophy in the exaggerated form in 

 which it was later proclaimed by the school of Laplace 

 in France. 



And so far as the second point mentioned above is , w 



And of 



concerned, Kant's acceptance of traditional psychology 

 and his reliance upon definite categories or forms of 

 judgment suggested by the Aristotelian logic, supplied 

 a fruitful subject for discussions among followers and 

 opponents. These showed the necessity for that deeper 

 psychological and anthropological treatment which logical 

 doctrine subsequently received at the hands of English, 

 German, and French thinkers. 



In the following chapters we shall have abundant 

 occasion to realise the central position which Kant 

 occupies in philosophical thought. At present we are 

 specially concerned with the new lights which, as we 

 have seen, he was able to throw upon the problem of 

 knowledge. And here one of the great defects of Kant's 

 method has revealed itself as much through the labours 

 of his followers as through the criticism of his opponents. 

 This defect consisted in the apparent want of unity in 

 his doctrine. That this was to a large extent only 40. 



_ Apparent 



apparent has been shown by recent historians of philo- want of 

 sophy, and more fully in the researches of a whole series 

 of writers who have made the study of Kant's works 

 their principal task. 1 That it struck his contemporaries 



1 Among these may be mentioned 

 a series of publications which was 

 started in 1896 by Prof. Hans 

 Vaihinger under the title 'Kant- 

 studien,' and which has been con- 

 tinued up to the present day ; 

 further, a number of independent 

 works by thinkers all over Germany 



and latterly also in other countries, 

 the titles of which may be found 

 in the tenth edition of the 4th 

 part of Ueberweg-Heinze's ' History 

 of Philosophy,' p. 225. This ex- 

 tensive literature has been fully 

 consulted in their respective ' His- 

 tories of Philosophy ' by Hoffding 



