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The researches on Kant are one example of the high degree of differences in opinions about mentalities. The lack of methods is one reason. Kant researchers have regretted this too. But as available methods are not developed, these regrets are not very convincing. For instance, the old method to sort concepts in different degrees of abstraction is not developed as a method of interpretation. This method will be exemplified for the question whether Kant was idealist or realist. It could have been an old well-known method as a method of interpretation, but this has not yet been done. Other reasons for this lack of methods are to be inquired. Some philosophical positions presuppose the lack of methods and this could be a fundamental reason for the lack of methods of interpretation.
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Loh, W. Kant-Forschungen als Beispiel für Selbstverschuldeten Methodenmangel. Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 23, 105–128 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801798
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