Resultado de búsqueda
5 de nov. de 2012 · Thoughts on the true estimation of living forces and assessment of the demonstrations that Leibniz and other scholars of mechanics have made use of in this controversial subject, together with some prefatory considerations pertaining to the force of bodies in general. (1746–1749)
Thoughts on the true estimation of living forces not only as a metaphysical principle of unity (in contrast to Descartes’s infinitely divisible extension), but also as the seat of such a living force,
Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces. In 1749, after three years’ delay in the printing process and with financial help from his uncle, the twenty-five year old Kant published his first book, Living Forces.
It is a proposal for a new understanding of living forces, distinct from the traditional Cartesian and Leibnizian views. Kant levies a critique of the undue reverence for historical scientific figures and an advocacy for independent reasoning.
In this article we will review the reception that Kant’s first book, Thoughts on the true estimation of living forces, has had in the classical literature on Kant’s work, and we will contribute to its due revaluation. Keywords: Kant, Space, Precritical period, Metaphysical of natural laws.
Kant's Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces (1747) Martin Schonfeld Jeffrey Edwards. 2012, Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Kant Edition, vol. Natural Science, ed. E. Watkins, 9-155. Tr. w. J. Edwards., 150 pp. See Full PDF. Download PDF. Essay Review: I. Kant, 'Natural Science' Marius Stan. Download Free PDF.
The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to discuss the Entstehungsgeschichte or the history of the formation of Kant's critical philosophy by means of a well-defined interpretive device,...
