Eric Watkins argues that a grasp of Leibnizian and anti-Leibnizian thought in eighteenth-century Germany helps one to see how Kant (in his critical period) argued for causal principles that have both metaphysical and epistemological elements. According to this interpretation, Kant's model of causality does not consist of events, but rather of substances endowed with causal powers that are exercised according to their natures and circumstances.
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"Eric Watkins' book is a substantial contribution to Kant scholarship, metaphysics, and the philosophy of science. Watkins' book makes an important difference and is among the most impressive works on Kant's early writings and their bearing on his Critiques."
Gary L. Cesarz, Southeast Missouri state University, Journal of the History of Philosophy
"Whether you agree with Watkin's reconstruction of Kantian causality or not, he defends the prospects of realistic casual analysis in a quantum world that would relegate causation to nothing less than an antiquarian curiosity." - Glenn Statile, St. John's University
Gary L. Cesarz, Southeast Missouri state University, Journal of the History of Philosophy
"Whether you agree with Watkin's reconstruction of Kantian causality or not, he defends the prospects of realistic casual analysis in a quantum world that would relegate causation to nothing less than an antiquarian curiosity." - Glenn Statile, St. John's University
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This is a book about Kant's views on causality as understood in their proper historical context. Specifically, Eric Watkins argues that a grasp of Leibnizian and anti-Leibnizian thought in 18th century Germany helps one to see how the Critical Kant argued for causal principles that have both metaphysical and epistemological elements. On this reading Kant's model of causality does not consist of events, but rather of substances endowed with causal powers that are exercised according to their natures and circumstances.
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Third Analogy, New York, Critical Period, Kant's Pre-Critical Theory of Causality, Kant's Reply, The Metaphysics of Freedom, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Analogies of Experience, Philosophical Essays, New System of Nature, Metaphysics Mrongovius, Rational Thoughts, Kantian Humility, Inaugural Dissertation, While Kant, Christian Wolff, Olms Verlag, Doctrine of Method, Henry Allison, Kant's Critical, Paul Guyer, New Haven, Yale University Press, Discipline of Pure Reason Browse Sample Pages:
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transcendental idealism, transcendental deduction, true estimation, physical monadology, negative magnitudes, metaphysical foundations, primary truths, nomic subsumption, causally isolated substance, substance cannot determine, grounds cannot change, ical influx, inherence relationship, intrasubstantial causation, intersubstantial causation, objective temporal relations, temporal determinacy, noumenal substances, substance cannot act, phenomenal substances, modal conflict, objective succession, immutable grounds, event event model, spatial substances Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third Analogy, New York, Critical Period, Kant's Pre-Critical Theory of Causality, Kant's Reply, The Metaphysics of Freedom, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Analogies of Experience, Philosophical Essays, New System of Nature, Metaphysics Mrongovius, Rational Thoughts, Kantian Humility, Inaugural Dissertation, While Kant, Christian Wolff, Olms Verlag, Doctrine of Method, Henry Allison, Kant's Critical, Paul Guyer, New Haven, Yale University Press, Discipline of Pure Reason Browse Sample Pages:
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- Kant, Science, and Human Nature by Robert Hanna on 8 pages
- Kant (Routledge Philosophers) by Paul Guyer on 4 pages
- Kant and the Historical Turn: Philosophy As Critical Interpretation by Karl Ameriks in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Leibniz and his Correspondents by Paul Lodge in Back Matter
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