Kant and contemporary epistemology
By: edited by Paolo Parrini.
Contributors: Parrini, Paolo.
Series: The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ;; v. 54
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 -- Congresses; Knowledge, Theory of -- Congresses; Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses
Description: From the mid-1960s, after the works by J. Hintikka, S. Koerner, W. Sellars and P.F. Strawson, there has been a marked revival of Kantian epistemological thought. Against this background, featuring fruitful exchange between historical research and theoretical prospects, the main point of this book is the discussion of Kantian theory of scientific knowledge from the perspective of present-day analytical philosophy and philosophy of empirical and mathematical sciences. The main topics are the problem of a priori knowledge in logic, mathematics and physics, the distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments, the constitution of physical objectivity and the questions of realism and truth, the Kantian conception of time, causal laws and induction, the relations between Kantian epistemological thought, relativity theory, quantum theory and some recent developments of philosophy of science. The book is designed for research workers, specialists and scholars in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers presented at an international workshop held at the Florence Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, May 27-30, 1992.