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I think the term Kantian constructivism as an oxymoron. Kant was a constructivist about mathematics, but not about ethics.

Allen W. Wood

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Allen W. Wood
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
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Seattle
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Allen William Wood
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