Article ID: CBB000340872

“This Inscrutable Principle of an Original Organization”: Epigenesis and “Looseness of Fit” in Kant's Philosophy of Science (2003)

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Zammito, John H. (Author)


Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Volume: 34
Pages: 73--109


Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: Special Issue in Memory of Gerd Buchdahl: Kantian Philosophy and the Sciences
Language: English

Description Shows that Kant's engagement with the life sciences played a substantial role in his transcendental philosophy.


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Article Jardine, Nick; Frasca-Spada, Marina (2003) Editorial Preface. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (p. 1). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Zammito, John H.
Nassar, Dalia
Steigerwald, Joan
Bednarczyk, A.
Cohen, Alix A.
Ingensiep, Hans Werner
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki
Publishers
Steiner
University of Chicago Press
Villanova University
Concepts
Biology
Epigenesis
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Teleology
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
People
Kant, Immanuel
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
Buchdahl, Gerd
Herder, Johann Gottfried
Wolff, Caspar Friedrich
Bonnet, Charles
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century
Enlightenment
Places
Germany
France
Institutions
Université de Montpellier
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