Kant on Proper Science Biology in the Critical Philosophy and the Opus postumum /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: van den Berg, Hein (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in German Idealism, 15
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; History.; Modern philosophy.; History of Philosophy.; History of Science.; Modern Philosophy.; Philosophy, general.

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 determi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgments
• Note 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.