Eric Watkins

Kant and the Metaphysics of Causality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A book about Kant's views on causality as understood in their proper historical context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 9240086
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780521543613
• ISBN-10: 0521543614
• Artikelnr.: 21150069

Autorenporträt

Eric Watkins is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Causality in Context: 1. Pre-established harmony versus physical influx
2. Kant's pre-critical theory of causality
Part II. Causality in the Critical Period: 3. Kant's second and third analogies of experience
4. Kant's model of causality
Part III. Causality and Consequences: 5. The metaphysics of freedom
6. Kant's reply to Hume: historical and contemporary considerations.