Tradition places a philosopher within the larger, longer-running current of thought that followed from their work. Wikipedia notes the Critique of Pure Reason "helped bring about the development of German idealism," the tradition most directly descended from Kant's own thinking. This dimension groups philosophers who stand within the same broad tradition.
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Era of Emergence Cultural Origin Tradition Tradition
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1. Wikipedia: Aesthetics
WikipediaAesthetics, lead section, emergence sentence
Aesthetic thought has its roots in antiquity but only emerged as a distinct field of inquiry in the 18th century when philosophers systematically engaged with the subject.
Aesthetics, lead section, Baumgarten term-coining sentence
The Latin term aesthetica was coined by the philosopher Alexander Baumgarten in 1735
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