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Immanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of
philosophy. His transcendental idealism claims to overcome the
skepticism of David Hume, resolve the impasse between empiricism
and rationalism, and establish the reality of human freedom and
moral agency. A thorough understanding of Kant is indispensable to
any philosopher today. The significance of Kant's thought is
matched by its complexity. His revolutionary ideas are
systematically interconnected and he presents them using a
forbidding technical vocabulary. A careful investigation of the key
concepts that structure Kant's work is essential to the
comprehension of his philosophical project. This book provides an
accessible introduction to Kant by explaining each of the key
concepts of his philosophy. The book is organized into three parts,
which correspond to the main areas of Kant's transcendental
idealism: Theoretical Philosophy; Practical Philosophy; and,
Aesthetics, Teleology, and Religion. Each chapter presents an
overview of a particular topic, while the whole provides a clear
and comprehensive account of Kant's philosophical system.
This volume congregates articles of leading philosophers about
potentials and potentiality in all areas of philosophy and the
empirical sciences in which they play a relevant role. It is the
first encompassing collection of articles on the metaphysics of
potentials and potentiality. Potentials play an important role not
only in our everyday understanding of objects, persons and systems
but also in the sciences. An example is the potential to become an
adult human person. Moreover, the attribution of potentials
involves crucial ethical problems. Bioethics makes references to
the theoretical concept "potential" without being able to clarify
its meaning. However, despite its relevance it has not been made
subject of philosophical investigation. Mostly, potentials are
regarded as a subspecies of dispositions. Whilst dispositions are a
flourishing field of research, potentials as such have not come
into focus. Potentials like dispositions are modal properties. But
already a first glance at the metaphysics of potentials shows that
concerning their ascription potentials are more problematic than
dispositions since "potential" means that an entity has the
potential to acquire a property in the future. Therefore,
potentials involve a time structure of the entities in question
that is much more complex than those of dispositions. This handbook
brings this important concept into focus in its various aspects for
the first time. It covers the history of the concept as well as
contemporary systematic problems and will be of special interest
for philosophers in the fields of general metaphysics, philosophy
of science and ethics, especially bioethics. It will also be of
interest to scientists and persons concerned with bioethical
problems.
This volume congregates articles of leading philosophers about
potentials and potentiality in all areas of philosophy and the
empirical sciences in which they play a relevant role. It is the
first encompassing collection of articles on the metaphysics of
potentials and potentiality. Potentials play an important role not
only in our everyday understanding of objects, persons and systems
but also in the sciences. An example is the potential to become an
adult human person. Moreover, the attribution of potentials
involves crucial ethical problems. Bioethics makes references to
the theoretical concept "potential" without being able to clarify
its meaning. However, despite its relevance it has not been made
subject of philosophical investigation. Mostly, potentials are
regarded as a subspecies of dispositions. Whilst dispositions are a
flourishing field of research, potentials as such have not come
into focus. Potentials like dispositions are modal properties. But
already a first glance at the metaphysics of potentials shows that
concerning their ascription potentials are more problematic than
dispositions since "potential" means that an entity has the
potential to acquire a property in the future. Therefore,
potentials involve a time structure of the entities in question
that is much more complex than those of dispositions. This handbook
brings this important concept into focus in its various aspects for
the first time. It covers the history of the concept as well as
contemporary systematic problems and will be of special interest
for philosophers in the fields of general metaphysics, philosophy
of science and ethics, especially bioethics. It will also be of
interest to scientists and persons concerned with bioethical
problems.
Immanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of
philosophy. His transcendental idealism claims to overcome the
skepticism of David Hume, resolve the impasse between empiricism
and rationalism, and establish the reality of human freedom and
moral agency. A thorough understanding of Kant is indispensable to
any philosopher today. The significance of Kant's thought is
matched by its complexity. His revolutionary ideas are
systematically interconnected and he presents them using a
forbidding technical vocabulary. A careful investigation of the key
concepts that structure Kant's work is essential to the
comprehension of his philosophical project. This book provides an
accessible introduction to Kant by explaining each of the key
concepts of his philosophy. The book is organized into three parts,
which correspond to the main areas of Kant's transcendental
idealism: Theoretical Philosophy; Practical Philosophy; and,
Aesthetics, Teleology, and Religion. Each chapter presents an
overview of a particular topic, while the whole provides a clear
and comprehensive account of Kant's philosophical system.
For several years there has been a growing interest in questions of
philosophical ethics, and this appears to be continuing. The issues
surrounding the different forms and concepts of moral philosophy
have resulted in tensions which have spawned a complex ethical
pluralism. This pluralism can, however, basically be traced back to
two different conceptual foundations - universalism and relativism.
The volume presented by Heidemann and Engelhard examines these two
concepts from both a historical philosophical and a systematic
perspective. Key Features comprehensive compendium suitable both as
an introduction to the topic and for a deeper understanding of
individual positions takes account of new positions in the
foundations of ethics
Does matter consist of simple substances, or is it infinitely
divisible? This is the question in the second antinomy in the
Critique of Pure Reason. This first comprehensive systematic study
of the antinomy of divisibility analyses its derivation, the proofs
of the thesis and antithesis, and their resolution. The
developmental and historical dimensions are also discussed, taking
present-day problems in the philosophy of nature into account. The
study demonstrates that the antinomy of divisibility is on the one
hand a critique of metaphysics, but at the same time gains a
positive result for Kant's transcendental philosophy. The
resolution of the antinomy presents firstly a conceptual sharpening
of realism and idealism and of the transcendental concept of
phenomena. Secondly it shows that the structure of matter is
dependent on a priori determinations by reason and understanding.
These insights are highly relevant not only for Kant's project of
establishing an a priori foundation for the natural sciences but
also for the problem of the soul.
Fur die Gegenwartsphilosophie ist das Denken Immanuel Kants immer
noch eine der massgeblichen Orientierungsgroessen. In nahezu allen
philosophischen Disziplinen und Bereichen stellt es eine
entscheidende Herausforderung dar. Anlasslich des 200. Todestages
zeigen 15 namhafte Wissenschaftler die aktuelle Relevanz des
Kant'schen Denkens in den Kernbereichen der Philosophie auf. Somit
bietet der Band in systematischer Perspektive sowohl einen
UEberblick uber die Kant'sche Philosophie als auch uber zentrale
Stroemungen und Entwicklungen der Gegenwartsphilosophie.
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