Epigenesis in Kant: Recent reconsiderations
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- 作者：John H. Zammito zammito@rice.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Jennifer Mensch ; Immanuel Kant ; Caspar Friedrich Wolff ; Epigenesis ; Preformation ; Origins of pure reason
- 刊名：Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：58
- 期：Complete
- 页码：85-97
- 全文大小：391 K
文摘
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Kant's treatment of epigenesis gets appraised in terms of the relation between philosophy of science and empirical natural science.
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Jennifer Mensch demonstrates Kant's appropriation of epigenesis for transcendental philosophy and rejection of it as actual theory in life science.
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I query whether Kant's philosophy offers resources for contemporary philosophy of biology.