ISBN:
9789400771406
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 283 p. 1 illus, online resource)
Series Statement:
Studies in German Idealism 15
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Kant on proper science
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
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Science History
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Philosophy, modern
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Philosophy
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Science History
;
Philosophy, modern
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Philosophy (General) Science
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History
;
Philosophy, modern
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Philosophy
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Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
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Naturwissenschaften
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Biologie
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Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 Opus postumum
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Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
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Naturwissenschaften
;
Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
;
Biologie
;
Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 Opus postumum
;
Biologie
Abstract:
This book provides a novel treatment of Immanuel Kant’s views on proper natural science and biology. The status of biology in Kant’s system of science is often taken to be problematic. By analyzing Kant’s philosophy of biology in relation to his conception of proper science, the present book determines Kant’s views on the scientific status of biology. Combining a broad ideengeschichtlich approach with a detailed historical reconstruction of philosophical and scientific texts, the book establishes important interconnections between Kant’s philosophy of science, his views on biology, and his reception of late 18th century biological theories. It discusses Kant’s views on science and biology as articulated in his published writings and in the Opus postumum. The book shows that although biology is a non-mathematical science and the relation between biology and other natural sciences is not specified, Kant did allow for the possibility of providing scientific explanations in biology and assigned biology a specific domain of investigation.
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsNote on citation and translation -- 1. Introduction: Kant on Science and Biology -- 2. Kant’s Conception of Proper Science -- 3. Mechanical Explanation and Grounding -- 4. Kant on Teleology -- 5. Kant on the Domain and Method of Biology -- 6. Kant on the Systematicity of Physics and the Opus postumum -- 7. Vital Forces and Organisms in the Opus postumum -- 8. Materialism, Hylozoism, and Natural History in the Opus postumum -- 9. Concluding Remarks.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-7140-6
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