Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science: A Critical Guide (Cambridge Critical Guides)

Michael Bennett McNulty

ISBN 10: 1108701701 / ISBN 13: 9781108701709

Published by Cambridge University Press 2024-04-25, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science: A Critical Guide (Cambridge Critical Guides)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2024-04-25
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108701701
• ISBN 13: 9781108701709
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In his Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science (1786), Kant accounts for the possibility of an acting-at-a-distance gravitational force, demonstrates the infinite divisibility of matter, and derives analogues to Newtonian laws of motion. The work is his major statement in philosophy of science, and was especially influential in German-speaking countries in the nineteenth century. However, this complex text has not received the scholarly attention it deserves. The chapters of this Critical Guide clarify the accounts of matter, motion, the mathematization of nature, space, and natural laws exhibited in the Metaphysical Foundations; elucidate the relationship between its metaphysics of nature and Kant's critical philosophy; and describe the historical context for Kant's account of natural science. The volume will be an invaluable resource for understanding one of Kant's most difficult works, and will set the agenda for future scholarship on Kant's philosophy of science.

About the Author

Michael Bennett McNulty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota. He has published widely on various aspects of Kant's philosophy of science and philosophy of nature.