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Substance, Force, and the Possibility of Knowledge: On Kant´s Philosophy of Material Nature
Jeffrey Edwards
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Hardback. Analyzing Kant's argument for a dynamical plenum in the Third Analogy of Experience, this text goes on to examine the broader context of Kant's views about matter, substance, causal influence, and physical aether in connection with the developmental history of his theory of transcendental idealism. Num Pages: 291 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
A new understanding of Kant's theory of a priori knowledge and his natural philosophy emerges from Jeffrey Edwards's mature and penetrating study. In the Third Analogy of Experience, Kant argues for the existence of a dynamical plenum in space. This argument against empty space demonstrates that the dynamical plenum furnishes an a priori necessary condition for our experience and knowledge of an objective world. Such an a priori existence proof, however, transgresses the limits Kant otherwise places on transcendental arguments in the Critique of Pure Reason because it establishes a material transcendental condition of possible experience. This finding motivates Edwards ... Read more
A new understanding of Kant's theory of a priori knowledge and his natural philosophy emerges from Jeffrey Edwards's mature and penetrating study. In the Third Analogy of Experience, Kant argues for the existence of a dynamical plenum in space. This argument against empty space demonstrates that the dynamical plenum furnishes an a priori necessary condition for our experience and knowledge of an objective world. Such an a priori existence proof, however, transgresses the limits Kant otherwise places on transcendental arguments in the Critique of Pure Reason because it establishes a material transcendental condition of possible experience. This finding motivates Edwards ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520218475
SKU
V9780520218475
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About Jeffrey Edwards
Jeffrey Edwards is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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