Kant's Theory of Science

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KANT'S THEORY OF SCIENCE
Gordon G. Brittan, Jr.
While interest in Kant's philosophy has increased in recent years, very little of it has focused on his theory of science. This book gives a general account of that theory, of its motives and implications, and of the way it brought forth a new conception of the nature of philosophical thought.
To reconstruct Kant's theory of science, the author identifies unifying themes of his philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of physics, both undergirded by his distinctive logical doctrines, and shows how they come together to form a relatively consistent system of ideas. A new analysis of the structure of central arguments in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Prolegomena draws on recent developments in logic and the philosophy of science.
Professor Brittan's unified account of the philosophies of mathematics and physics explores the nature of Kant's commitment to Euclidean geometry and Newtonian mechanics as well as providing an... Tovább

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KANT'S THEORY OF SCIENCE
Gordon G. Brittan, Jr.
While interest in Kant's philosophy has increased in recent years, very little of it has focused on his theory of science. This book gives a general account of that theory, of its motives and implications, and of the way it brought forth a new conception of the nature of philosophical thought.
To reconstruct Kant's theory of science, the author identifies unifying themes of his philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of physics, both undergirded by his distinctive logical doctrines, and shows how they come together to form a relatively consistent system of ideas. A new analysis of the structure of central arguments in the Critique of Pure Reason and the Prolegomena draws on recent developments in logic and the philosophy of science.
Professor Brittan's unified account of the philosophies of mathematics and physics explores the nature of Kant's commitment to Euclidean geometry and Newtonian mechanics as well as providing an integrated reading of the Critique of Pure Reason and the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science. Contemporary ideas help both to illuminate Kant's position and to show how that position, in turn, illuminates contemporary problems in the philosophy of science.
Gordon G. Brittan, Jr., is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Montana State University and co-author oi An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (Prentice-Hall).
SUBSTANCE, BODY,
AND SOUL Aristotelian Investigations
Edwin Hartman
"Edwin Hartman sustains an intelligent and penetrating discussion of actual metaphysical problems while analyzing and interpreting relevant passages in the Aristotelian corpus. His work is informed, careful, critical, and ;
rigorous in argument." i
—Alexander P. D. Mourelatos, The University of Texas at Austin
Edwin Hartman explores Aristotle's metaphysical assumptions as they il- J,
luminate his thought and some issues of current philosophical significance. The author's analysis of the theory of the soul treats such topics of lively debate as ontological primacy, spatio- , temporal continuity, personal identity, j and the relation between mind and body. J
Aristotle presents a world populated primarily by individual material ob- j
jects rather than by their parts or by j:
universals. The author notes that defense of this view requires Aristotle to create the notion of form or essence. A ;
material object, the Philosopher holds, ;
is identical with its particular essence, ;
and is not a combination of form and '
matter. Most important, a person is a substance and his essence is his soul. Personal identity is therefore bodily identity, and survival consists in bodily continuity. The relation between a !
state of perceiving and a state of the body is a special case of the weak iden- j
tity between form and matter. isbn 07223-X. 302 pages. 1978.
INTERPRETING MODERN PHILOSOPHY James Collins
"This is unquestionably a most distinctive book. It deals with a significant and yet rather neglected theme relating to the history of modern philosophy; and it is the work of a singularly learned and competent historian of modern philosophy. . . ."—International Philosophical Quarterly
James Collins probes the meaning and methods of historical interpretation in philosophy by analyzing the creative reciprocity between the modern source thinkers—the great classical philosophers from Descartes and Locke to Mill and Nietzsche—and their mid-twentieth-century interpreters.
Cloth: isbn 07179-9. Paper: isbn 10001-2. 463 pages. 1972.
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING Volume 1 The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts Stephen E. Toulmin
Men demonstrate their rationality not by ordering their concepts and beliefs in tidy formal structures, but by their preparedness to respond to novel situations with open minds. So argues the author of this bold new effort to shift attention to epistemology from questions of logical form to those of rational function and intellectual adaptation. Maintaining that the twentieth century's separation of theoretical and practical knowledge was non-existent in classical Greece or in the seventeenth century. Professor Toulmin attacks the problems of concepts and conceptual change, specifically where Frege, Collingwood, and Kuhn leave off. In this and two forthcoming volumes (each of which constitutes a complete and independent book) he develops the key notions of "adaptation" and "demand"—as opposed to "form" and "validity"—into historical, empirical, and pragmatic patterns of analysis.
"This original inquiry will provide new resources for interpreting man's developments in both the scientific and nonscientific aisciplines and in our informal ways of thinking."—Cross Currents
Cloth: isbn 07185-3. Paper: isbn 01996-7. 520 pages. 1972.
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