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Kant and the Laws of Nature

Kant and the Laws of Nature

by Michela Massimi (Author), Michela Massimi (Author)

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    Paperback 2019

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Synopsis

Laws of nature play a central role in Kant's theoretical philosophy and are crucial to understanding his philosophy of science in particular. In this volume of new essays, the first systematic investigation of its kind, a distinguished team of scholars explores Kant's views on the laws of nature in the physical and life sciences. Their essays focus particularly on the laws of physics and biology, and consider topics including the separation in Kant's treatment of the physical and life sciences, the relation between universal and empirical laws of nature, and the role of reason and the understanding in imposing order and lawful unity upon nature. The volume will be of great interest to advanced students and scholars of Kant's philosophy of science, and to historians and philosophers of science more generally.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 302
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 110754677X
ISBN 13: 9781107546776
Book Overview: This volume of new essays explores Kant's views on the laws of nature.

Media Reviews
'There can be no doubt that this volume will prove a rich source for future discussions [of] issues regarding Kant and the laws of nature.' Journal of the History of Philosophy
'... Kant's philosophy of natural science is a flourishing domain of scholarship, within which the notion of a law is absolutely critical. Kant and the Laws of Nature, which contains thirteen chapters from top-notch, international scholars on the title topic, is hence a text of transparent value to researchers working in this burgeoning area. The volume ... offers substantial treatment of some of the most pressing and knotted issues in Kant scholarship, more broadly. Chapters concern the unity of practical and theoretical reason, the positive role reason plays in the generation of knowledge, Kant's conception of causality and answer to Hume's causal scepticism, the theoretical grounding of natural laws in Kant's general metaphysical picture, Kant's legacy in the history of physics, organisms and teleology, and the unity of nature. While the commentator specializing in Kant's theoretical philosophy or his conception of natural science will find the most of interest and use in the volume, almost any Kant scholar will find something edifying, illuminating and stimulating in this excellent book.' Michael Bennett McNulty, Kantian Review
'There can be no doubt that this volume will prove a rich source for future discussions [of] issues regarding Kant and the laws of nature.' Journal of the History of Philosophy
'... Kant's philosophy of natural science is a flourishing domain of scholarship, within which the notion of a law is absolutely critical. Kant and the Laws of Nature, which contains thirteen chapters from top-notch, international scholars on the title topic, is hence a text of transparent value to researchers working in this burgeoning area. The volume ... offers substantial treatment of some of the most pressing and knotted issues in Kant scholarship, more broadly. Chapters concern the unity of practical and theoretical reason, the positive role reason plays in the generation of knowledge, Kant's conception of causality and answer to Hume's causal scepticism, the theoretical grounding of natural laws in Kant's general metaphysical picture, Kant's legacy in the history of physics, organisms and teleology, and the unity of nature. While the commentator specializing in Kant's theoretical philosophy or his conception of natural science will find the most of interest and use in the volume, almost any Kant scholar will find something edifying, illuminating and stimulating in this excellent book.' Michael Bennett McNulty, Kantian Review
Author Bio
Michela Massimi is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. She has published widely on Kant and on the history and philosophy of science. Angela Breitenbach is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King's College. Her research focuses on Kant, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics.