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Both Schiller's theory of truth and meaning (i.e. Schiller's pragmatism) derive their justification from an examination of thought from what he calls his humanist viewpoint (his new name for concrete metaphysics).
Apr 21, 2017 · Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) is best known for his immense influence on German literature. In his relatively short life, he authored an extraordinary series of dramas, including The Robbers, Maria Stuart, and the trilogy Wallenstein.
The British philosopher F. C. S. Schiller (1864–1937) was a leading pragmatist in the early twentieth century. His critiques of formal logic and his attempts to construct a humanist logic, derived from an anti-foundationalist humanism, are recognized as lasting philosophical achievements.
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller (1864-1937) was a German-British philosopher. His philosophy is often aligned with the pragmatism of William James, though Schiller himself referred to it as “humanism.”
Schiller contrasted “humanist voluntarism” with narrow intellectualism, which only considers one side of human nature. However, like other idealists, he believed that knowledge is mediated by mind—that mind is essential to knowledge.
Examining Schiller’s Kantianism and the concepts of religious humanism, autonomy, providence, immanence and transcendence, we arrive at the general conclusion that he was among the first humanists in the German tradition to remove the religious dimension of ethics.
Schiller’s thought is radically anthropocentric. In this chapter, I will discuss his notions of pragmatism and humanism, as well as his idea of the making of truth and reality. Furthermore, I will seek to elucidate why his texts are important if one tries to grasp the idea of a postmetaphysical poeticized culture.
