A Study Of Cassirer 's Enlightenment Philosophy

Starting from the perspective of cultural philosophy, German philosopher Ernst Cassirer, expounded in the various aspects of the Enlightenment, grasp themethodological features of enlightenment philosophy firmly, replaced the reconstructionof metaphysical abstraction deductive method with the reduction and rational analysismethodology, and completed the goal of enlightenment philosophy, that is to say herealize the goal which makes the transition from Kant’s critique to rational and static tothe critique to human culture and dynamic. Cassirer used its methodology ofenlightenment philosophy in various fields of natural sciences, psychology, religion,history, society, and aesthetics. It realizes a twist of the Enlightenment philosophy fromrational philosophy to the philosophy and methodology of culture philosophy. Whenshaping the picture of the Enlightenment philosophy, Cassirer guides the historynarrative of Enlightenment philosophy from new perspective, enriches the essentialmeaning of the Enlightenment philosophy, and establishes a phenomenology ofphilosophical spirit. Studying Cassirer’s Enlightenment philosophy deeply, it is easy tounderstand the nature of the Enlightenment philosophy, and survey Enlightenmentphilosophical questions from the perspective of cultural philosophy, then givemethodology guidance for cultural philosophy. At last, it provides reference for studyingof the Enlightenment philosophy in our country. At the same time, it provides atheoretical reference for the cultural construction of our country.