Kant and the Laws of Nature

ISBN-13: 9781107120983 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 286 str.

Michela Massimi; Angela Breitenbach

Opis

This volume of new essays explores Kant's views on the laws of nature.

Recenzje

'Kant and the Laws of Nature, edited and with an introduction by Michela Massimi and Angela Breitenbach, is a collection of thirteen uniformly excellent essays on Kant's philosophical views on the nature and (metaphysical or epistemic) status of laws of nature, produced under the aegis of a three-year international research network running from 2012–15. But as contemporary Kantian philosophers and not merely as Kant-scholars, why should we care about laws of nature? In my opinion, there are at least four good reasons … Kant's Neo-Aristotelian Natural Power Grid is not only a new, exciting, and philosophically important Kantian conception of natural laws, but … is well-supported as a post-classical, post-orthodox interpretation of Kant's theory of natural laws by the thirteen excellent essays in Kant and the Laws of Nature.' Robert Hanna, Critique

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Lawfulness of Nature: 1. Kant on the unity and diversity of laws Eric Watkins; 2. On universality, necessity, and law in general Karl Ameriks; 3. Imperfect knowledge of nature: Kant, Hume and laws of nature Paul Guyer; Part II. The Systematicity of Nature: 4. Why must we presuppose the systematicity of nature? Hannah Ginsborg; 5. Empirical scientific investigation and the ideas of reason Rachel Zuckert; 6. Kant's transcendental principle of purposiveness and the 'maxim of the lawfulness of empirical laws' Thomas Teufel; Part III. Nomic Necessity and the Metaphysics of Nature: 7. Kant's necessitation account of laws and the nature of natures James Messina; 8. Grounds, modality, and nomic necessity in the critical Kant Michela Massimi; 9. Kant on mathematical force laws Daniel Warren; Part IV. Laws in Physics: 10. Kant's conception of causal necessity and its legacy Michael Friedman; 11. Metaphysical foundations of neoclassical mechanics Marius Stan; Part V. Laws in Biology: 12. Laws in biology and unity of nature Angela Breitenbach; 13. The building forces of nature and Kant's teleology of the living Catherine Wilson.