Kant and the Laws of Nature

Herausgeber: Massimi, Michela; Breitenbach, Angela

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9781107120983
• ISBN-10: 1107120985
• Artikelnr.: 46984512

Inhaltsangabe

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.