
Understanding Purpose
Kant and the Philosophy of Biology
2007
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Kant and the Philosophy of Biology
2007
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Livre de Jean-Claude Dupont, Mark Fisher, Philippe Huneman, Robert J. Richards, Phillip R. Sloan, Stéphane Schmitt et John Zammito · 15 juillet 2007
Genres : Histoire, Philosophie, Sciences, Version originaleA 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 this area is marked by a strong teleological concern: living organisms, in his view, are qualitatively different from mechanistic devices, and as a result they cannot be understood by means of the... Voir plus