Mathematics in Kant's Critical Philosophy

Mathematics in Kant's Critical Philosophy
Author: Lisa Shabel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 113537063X

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mathematics in Kant's Critical Philosophy

Mathematics in Kant's Critical Philosophy
Author: Lisa Shabel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1135370567

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Kant: Studies on Mathematics in the Critical Philosophy

Kant: Studies on Mathematics in the Critical Philosophy
Author: Emily Carson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 131740789X

There is a long tradition, in the history and philosophy of science, of studying Kant’s philosophy of mathematics, but recently philosophers have begun to examine the way in which Kant’s reflections on mathematics play a role in his philosophy more generally, and in its development. For example, in the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant outlines the method of philosophy in general by contrasting it with the method of mathematics; in the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant compares the Formula of Universal Law, central to his theory of moral judgement, to a mathematical postulate; in the Critique of Judgement, where he considers aesthetic judgment, Kant distinguishes the mathematical sublime from the dynamical sublime. This last point rests on the distinction that shapes the Transcendental Analytic of Concepts at the heart of Kant’s Critical philosophy, that between the mathematical and the dynamical categories. These examples make it clear that Kant's transcendental philosophy is strongly influenced by the importance and special status of mathematics. The contributions to this book explore this theme of the centrality of mathematics to Kant’s philosophy as a whole. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy.

Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics: Volume 1, The Critical Philosophy and its Roots

Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics: Volume 1, The Critical Philosophy and its Roots
Author: Carl Posy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108669530

The late 1960s saw the emergence of new philosophical interest in Kant's philosophy of mathematics, and since then this interest has developed into a major and dynamic field of study. In this state-of-the-art survey of contemporary scholarship on Kant's mathematical thinking, Carl Posy and Ofra Rechter gather leading authors who approach it from multiple perspectives, engaging with topics including geometry, arithmetic, logic, and metaphysics. Their essays offer fine-grained analysis of Kant's philosophy of mathematics in the context of his Critical philosophy, and also show sensitivity to its historical background. The volume will be important for readers seeking a comprehensive picture of the current scholarship about the development of Kant's philosophy of mathematics, its place in his overall philosophy, and the Kantian themes that influenced mathematics and its philosophy after Kant.

Kant's Mathematical World

Kant's Mathematical World
Author: Daniel Sutherland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2021-10-28
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1108429963

An explanation of the foundations of Kant's philosophy of mathematics and its connection to his account of human experience.

Kant: Studies on Mathematics in the Critical Philosophy

Kant: Studies on Mathematics in the Critical Philosophy
Author: Emily Carson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9781315684017

"There is a long tradition, in the history and philosophy of science, of studying Kant’s philosophy of mathematics, but recently philosophers have begun to examine the way in which Kant’s reflections on mathematics play a role in his philosophy more generally, and in its development. For example, in the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant outlines the method of philosophy in general by contrasting it with the method of mathematics; in the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant compares the Formula of Universal Law, central to his theory of moral judgement, to a mathematical postulate; in the Critique of Judgement, where he considers aesthetic judgment, Kant distinguishes the mathematical sublime from the dynamical sublime. This last point rests on the distinction that shapes the Transcendental Analytic of Concepts at the heart of Kant’s Critical philosophy, that between the mathematical and the dynamical categories. These examples make it clear that Kant's transcendental philosophy is strongly influenced by the importance and special status of mathematics. The contributions to this book explore this theme of the centrality of mathematics to Kant’s philosophy as a whole. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. "--Provided by publisher.

Kant's Mathematical World

Kant's Mathematical World
Author: Daniel Sutherland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2021-10-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1108660045

Kant's Mathematical World aims to transform our understanding of Kant's philosophy of mathematics and his account of the mathematical character of the world. Daniel Sutherland reconstructs Kant's project of explaining both mathematical cognition and our cognition of the world in terms of our most basic cognitive capacities. He situates Kant in a long mathematical tradition with roots in Euclid's Elements, and thereby recovers the very different way of thinking about mathematics which existed prior to its 'arithmetization' in the nineteenth century. He shows that Kant thought of mathematics as a science of magnitudes and their measurement, and all objects of experience as extensive magnitudes whose real properties have intensive magnitudes, thus tying mathematics directly to the world. His book will appeal to anyone interested in Kant's critical philosophy -- either his account of the world of experience, or his philosophy of mathematics, or how the two inform each other.