Abstract

In the Transcendental deduction Kant argues that the a priori conditions of objectivity are intimate related with the identity of the I; this raises the question about their legitimacy. Schleiermacher, in accordance with the verbal nature of thought, transforms the a priori conditions of the knowlege into linguistic conditions and replaces a logic-transcendental universality with a linguistic universality. It ensures that knowledge is communicable and that it founds a community of knowledge. Schleiermacher's contribution obviously predates the linguistic turn. As his dialectic shows, the human being becomes aware of itself in the world through language. Language operates at the very core of access to the truth about things and, at the same time, supports the movement to identity, which is the human being's life task.