The problem of reality in Mach, Schlick, and Cassirer: Critical considerations about philosophy of science and neo-Kantianism

This article examines the comprehension of the problem of reality in the philosophies of Ernst Mach and Moritz Schlick and offers a critical interpretation of the problem of transcendence in light of Ernst Cassirer's neo-Kantian considerations. The reasons why Immanuel Kant's doctrine can be treated as a theory of meaning are shown. It is also argued that only through a revitalization of the Critique of Pure Reason is it possible to solve the problems related to Mach's and Schlick's perspectives and more coherently conceive the relationship between knowledge and object.