Sunday, December 24, 2006

Riflessioni per i filosofi della scienza

Riflessioni per i filosofi della scienza

E' imminente la pubblicazione di un intero fascicolo dedicato ai rapporti tra la teleologia kantiana e le scienze biologiche curato dalla rivista Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
Articoli speculativi che susciteranno discussioni e riflessioni. Ecco il sommario:1. Introduction: Kantian teleology and the biological sciences Joan Steigerwald 2. Naturalising purpose: From comparative anatomy to the ‘adventure of reason’ Philippe Huneman 3. Kant’s concept of natural purpose and the reflecting power of judgementJoan Steigerwald 4. Kant on biological teleology: Towards a two-level interpretation Marcel Quarfood 5. Kant on the history of nature: The ambiguous heritage of the critical philosophy for natural history Phillip R. Sloan 6. Teleology then and now: The question of Kant’s relevance for contemporary controversies over function in biologyJohn Zammito 7. Kant on epigenesis, monogenesis and human nature: The biological premises of anthropology Alix A. Cohen 8. Mechanical explanation of nature and its limits in Kant’s Critique of judgment Angela Breitenbach 9. Organisms as natural purposes: The contemporary evolutionary perspective D.M. Walsh
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