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Kant's Organicism
Jennifer Mensch
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Description for Kant's Organicism
Hardcover. Distilling vast amounts of research on the scientific literature of the time, this title offers a look at Kant's famous first Critique and at the history of philosophy and the life sciences as well. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Because it laid the foundation for nearly all subsequent epistemologies, Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" has overshadowed his other interests in natural history and the life sciences, which scholars have long considered as separate from his rigorous theoretical philosophy - until now. In "Kant's Organicism", Jennifer Mensch draws a crucial link between these spheres by showing how the concept of epigenesis - a radical theory of biological formation - lies at the heart of Kant's conception of reason. As Mensch argues, epigenesis was not simply a metaphor for Kant but centrally guided his critical philosophy, especially the relationship between ... Read more
Because it laid the foundation for nearly all subsequent epistemologies, Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" has overshadowed his other interests in natural history and the life sciences, which scholars have long considered as separate from his rigorous theoretical philosophy - until now. In "Kant's Organicism", Jennifer Mensch draws a crucial link between these spheres by showing how the concept of epigenesis - a radical theory of biological formation - lies at the heart of Kant's conception of reason. As Mensch argues, epigenesis was not simply a metaphor for Kant but centrally guided his critical philosophy, especially the relationship between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226021980
SKU
V9780226021980
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About Jennifer Mensch
Jennifer Mensch teaches philosophy and the history of science and medicine at Pennsylvania State University.
Reviews for Kant's Organicism
"Jennifer Mensch's account of how Kant came to understand the thinking of the naturalists over the course of the eighteenth century and relate it to his own quest for a transcendental ground of reason in self-generation is very well wrought. She has made sense of a number of elements that I knew separately but had not seen in this compelling ... Read more