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Kant's theory of biology /
Kant's theory of biology has emerged as an important field of study within Kant scholarship. The volume Kant's Theory of Biology contains 15 essays by leading international Kant scholars and philosophers of biology. Topics discussed include 17th- and 18th-century biological theories, the d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Citations and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Kant's Theory of Biology and Research on Nature in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Metaphysics and Physiology in Kant's Attitude towards Theories of Preformation; Epigenetic Theories: Caspar Friedrich Wolff and Immanuel Kant; Organisms and Metaphysics: Kant's First Herder Review; Part II. KanT's Theory of Biology-Commentaries on the ""Critique of the Teleological Power of Judgment"" and Other Writings; Teleological Judgment: Between Technique and Nature; Kantâ€TMs Account of Biological Causation; Nature in General as a System of Ends.
- Biological Purposiveness and Analogical ReflectionMechanical Explanation in the “Critique of the Teleological Power of Judgmentâ€; The Antinomy of Teleological Judgment: What It Is and How It Is Solved; Purposiveness, Necessity, and Contingency; Kantâ€TMs Theory of Biology and the Argument from Design; Freedom, Happiness, and Nature: Kantâ€TMs Moral Teleology (CPJ ÂÂ83â€"4, 86â€"7); The Role of the Organism in the Transcendental Philosophy of Kantâ€TMs Opus postumum; Part III. Kant's Theory of Biology in the Present Time; Oughts without Intentions: A Kantian Approach to Biological Functions.
- Kant, Polanyi, and Molecular BiologyBibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects; Contributors.