2015 Winner
Kant’s Construction of Nature
A Reading of the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science
by
Michael Friedman
Michael Friedman's book develops a new and complete reading of Kant's work Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science and reconstructs Kant's main argument clearly and in great detail, explaining its relationship to both Newton's Principia and eighteenth-century scientific thinkers such as Euler and Lambert. By situating Kant's text relative to his pre-critical writings on metaphysics and natural philosophy and, in particular, to the changes Kant made in the second edition of the Critique, Friedman articulates a radically new perspective on the meaning and development of the critical philosophy as a whole.
Nominees — 2015 Edition
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ISBN 978-0393083361
352 pages · 2014
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Kant’s Construction of Nature: A Reading of the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science
Michael Friedman
Cambridge University Press
ISBN 978-0-19839-4
646 pages · 2013
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Thomas Pradeu
Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-3897856080
320 pages · 2012
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ISBN 9780226020556
332 pages · 2013
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ISBN 978-1780932033
296 pages · 2013
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320 pages · 2013
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389 pages · 2013