New Perspectives on Neo-Kantianism and the Sciences

Helmut Pulte,Jan Baedke,Daniel Koenig,Gregor Nickel

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781040090862
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophie
• Subtopic: Histoire et théorie de la philosophie

This volume considers the exchange between the Neo-Kantian tradition in German philosophy and the sciences from the last third of the nineteenth century to the Great war and partly beyond. During this period, various scientific disciplines underwent modernisation processes characterised by an increasing empirical inclination and a decline in the influence of metaphysics, the pluralisation of theories, and the historical and pragmatic revitalisation of scientific claims against philosophy. The various contributions look at the ways in which a certain 'Kantian orthodoxy' was influenced by these new developments and whether (and how) itself had some impact on the development of the sciences. The volume is not limited to the 'exact sciences' of mathematics and physics, which are particularly important for the Kantian tradition, but also takes into account less recognised disciplines such as biology, chemistry, technology and psychology. It is complemented by contributions that contrast Neo-Kantianism with other 'scientific philosophies' of the period in question.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Contributors and Editors
• Editors’ Introduction: Neo-Kantianism and the Sciences
• Part I Mathematics
• Part II Physics
• Part III Chemistry and Technology
• Part IV Biology
• Part V Psychology
• Part VI The Context of Other ‘Scientific Philosophies’
• Name Index