Understanding Purpose
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Understanding Purpose (2007)

Kant and the Philosophy of Biology

Sortie : 15 juillet 2007. Histoire, Philosophie, Sciences

livre de Jean-Claude Dupont, Mark Fisher, Philippe Huneman, Robert J. Richards, Phillip R. Sloan, Stéphane Schmitt et John Zammito

Résumé · A collection of essays investigating key historical and scientific questions relating to the concept of natural purpose in Kant's philosophy of biology. Understanding Purpose is an exploration of the central concept of natural purpose [Naturzweck] in Kant's philosophy of biology. Kant's work in... Voir plus

The Romantic Conception of Life
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The Romantic Conception of Life (2004)

Science and philosophy in the age of Goethe

Sortie : septembre 2004 (États-Unis). Essai, Version originale, Sciences

livre de Robert J. Richards

Résumé · All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one.” Friedrich Schlegel’s words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that couldn’t... Voir plus