Prescribing laws to nature. Part I. Newton, the pre-Critical Kant, and three problems about the lawfulness of nature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8064239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michela Massimi (0000-0001-6626-9174, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kant-Studien (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-8877 • E-ISSN: 1613-1134 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/kant-2014-0023 |
| OpenAlex | W1603025871 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This paper traces the early reflections of the pre-Critical Kant on laws of nature back to Newton’s governing conception of laws. Three problems with the Newtonian conception are identified. I argue that in the attempt to provide a solution to them, in 1763 Kant came to forge a novel governing conception of laws. Key to Kant’s novel view are the notions of ground and its determinations. The role of these two notions in delivering the nomological necessity, explanatory power, and unity of the laws of nature is discussed and analysed
Epistemology · Explanatory power · Key (lock · Physics · Political science · Power (physics · Computer Science · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Law · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.82 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |