Develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant's critical philosophy as a whole.
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Develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant's critical philosophy as a whole.
"Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science is one of the most difficult but also most important of Kant's works. Published in 1786 between the first (1781) and second (1787) editions of the Critique of Pure Reason, the Metaphysical Foundations occupies a central place i…
Develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant's critical philosophy as a whole.
"Though Kant is best known for his strictly philosophical works in the 1780s, many of his early publications in particular were devoted to what we would call 'natural science'. Kant's Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (1755) made a significant advance in cosmol…
To the medieval thinker, man was the center of creation and all of nature existed purely for his benefit. The shift from the philosophy of the Middle Ages to the modern view of humanity's less central place in the universe ranks as the greatest revolution in the history of Weste…
Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Concept of Natural Philosophy -- 2. Science of Humanity and Natural Philosophy -- 3. Experimentalism -- 4. Laws of Nature, Causation, and the Ontology of Forces -- 5. The Relation of Mathematics to Nature -- 6. Space and Time…
"This book contextualizes David Hume's philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume's background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature…
"This book contextualizes David Hume's philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume's background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific tradition. Drawing on topics including experimentalism, causation, laws of nature…