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Kant And The Metaphysics Of Causality by Eric Watkins is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Kant And The Metaphysics Of Causality about?

This is a book about Kant's views on causality as understood in their proper historical context. Specifically, Eric Watkins argues that a grasp of Leibnizian and anti-Leibnizian thought in eighteenth-century Germany helps one to see how the critical Kant argued for causal principles that have both metaphysical and epistemological elements. On this reading Kant's model of causality does not consist of events, but rather of substances endowed with causal powers that are exercised according to their natures and circumstances. This innovative conception of Kant's view of causality casts a light on Kant's philosophical beliefs in general, such as his account of temporality, his explanation of the reconciliation of freedom and determinism, and his response to the skeptical arguments of Hume.

Who reads Kant And The Metaphysics Of Causality?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Eric Watkins
Publisher
cambridge univercity press
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521543613
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Philosophy, Science, History

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