The Philosophy of the Young Kant : The Precritical Project.

Intro -- Contents -- Note on Sources, Citations, and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- I: The 1740s: Kant's Starting Point -- 1 The Vis Viva Debate: Kant's Starting Point -- 2 The True Estimation of Living Forces: Kant's Theory of Dynamics -- 3 On the Way toward the Precritical Project -- II: The 1750s: The Precritical Project -- 4 The Conversion to Newton -- 5 The Universal Natural History: The Purposiveness of Nature -- 6 The New Elucidation: The Struggle for Freedom -- 7 The Physical Monadology and the Elements of Nature -- III: The 1760s: Climax and Crisis -- 8 The Only Possible Argument: The Culmination of the Precritical Project -- 9 The Newtonian Program of the Prize Essay and Kant's Crisis -- 10 The Reductio and Collapse of the Precritical Project -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

This intellectual biography of Immanuel Kant's early years,-- from 1746 when he wrote his first book, to 1766 when he lost his faith in metaphysics--makes an outstanding contribution to Kant scholarship. Sch?nfeld meticulously examines most of Kant's early works, summarizes their content, and exhibits their shortcomings and strengths. He places the early theories in their historical context and describes the scientific discoveries and philosophical innovations that distinguish Kant's pre-critical works. Sch?nfeld argues that these works were all aspects of a single project carried out by Kant to reconcile metaphysical and scientific perspectives and combine them into a coherent model of nature.

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