ABSTRACT
As recent research has pointed out, the intellectual scene of the Berlin Academy was not entirely dominated by Leibniz’s and Wolff’s metaphysics during the second half of the eighteenth century. The members of this institution were also interested in the epistemological theories of the so-called empiricist philosophers, either due to critical concerns or because they endorsed their views. The first names that come to mind here are Locke and Hume, but Condillac’s role should not be underestimated. Without being exhaustive, this chapter aims to show that, historiographically speaking, it is important to highlight the interest that Franco-German philosophers took in Condillac. With this purpose, I will especially focus on Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey’s (1711–1797) reception of Condillac, which deserves special attention for its dimension of interaction and debate.
