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Book Title
Kant and the Exact Sciences Paperback Michael Friedman
Topic
Science
ISBN
9780674500365
Subject Area
Philosophy, Science
Publication Name
Kant and the Exact Sciences
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Item Length
9.1 in
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Individual Philosophers, General, History
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Michael Friedman
Item Weight
20.6 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
378 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674500369
ISBN-13
9780674500365
eBay Product ID (ePID)
783462

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
378 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Kant and the Exact Sciences
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Individual Philosophers, General, History
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Science
Author
Michael Friedman
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.6 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.5 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Friedman masterfully shows how Kant's ideas arose from the tension between the empirical success of Newtonian physics and the rationalism of Leibniz and Wolff. The resulting philosophy of science is thick with interpretive knots. Friedman patiently unties each, using lucid presentations of the scientific, mathematical, and logical background to motivate his resolutions. Kant and the Exact Sciences is an exciting and important book.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
501
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction: Metaphysics and Exact Science in the Evolution of Kant's Thought PART ONE: THE CRITICAL PERIOD 1. Geometry 2. Concepts and Intuitions in the Mathematical Sciences 3. Metaphysical Foundations of Newtonian Science 4. Space, the Understanding, and the Law of Gravitation: Prolegomena #167 38 PART TWO: THE OPUS POSTUMUM 5. Transition from the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science to Physics I The Transition Project and the Metaphysical Foundations II The Transition Project and Reflective Judgement III The Chemical Revolution IV The Aether-Deduction V The Fate of the Aether-Deduction References and Translations for Kant's Writings General Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Kant sought throughout his life to provide a philosophy adequate to the sciences of his time--especially Euclidean geometry and Newtonian physics. In this new book, Michael Friedman argues that Kant's continuing efforts to find a metaphysics that could provide a foundation for the sciences is of the utmost importance in understanding the development of his philosophical thought from its earliest beginnings in the thesis of 1747, through the Critique of Pure Reason , to his last unpublished writings in the Opus postumum . Previous commentators on Kant have typically minimized these efforts because the sciences in question have since been outmoded. Friedman argues that, on the contrary, Kant's philosophy is shaped by extraordinarily deep insight into the foundations of the exact sciences as he found them, and that this represents one of the greatest strengths of his philosophy. Friedman examines Kant's engagement with geometry, arithmetic and algebra, the foundations of mechanics, and the law of gravitation in Part One. He then devotes Part Two to the Opus postumum , showing how Kant's need to come to terms with developments in the physics of heat and in chemistry formed a primary motive for his projected Transition from the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science to Physics . Kant and the Exact Sciences is a book of high scholarly achievement, argued with impressive power. It represents a great advance in our understanding of Kant's philosophy of science., Kant sought throughout his life to provide a philosophy adequate to the sciences of his time--especially Euclidean geometry and Newtonian physics. Friedman argues that Kant's efforts to find a metaphysics that could provide a foundation for the sciences is of utmost importance in understanding the development of his philosophical thought.

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