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37The Regulative Use of Transcendental Ideas in Kant: Metaphysics as ModellingRevue de Métaphysique et de Morale 118 (2): 175-194. 2023.La critique de la métaphysique dans la Dialectique transcendantale de la Critique de la raison pure débouche sur la doctrine de l’usage régulateur des idées transcendantales de la raison pure. La théorie de l’usage régulateur de ces idées est relativement abstraite et demande à être clarifiée. Kant affirme que ces idées ont un usage dans les sciences empiriques. Cependant il ne spécifie pas quel usage les sciences peuvent faire de ces idées. Dans cet article je compare les caractéristiques des i…Read more
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314. ÄsthetikIn Dietmar Hermann Heidemann & Kristina Engelhard (eds.), Warum Kant heute? Bedeutung und Relevanz seiner Philosophie in der Gegenwart, De Gruyter. pp. 352-382. 2003.
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8Einleitung: Kant und die GegenwartsphilosophieIn Dietmar Hermann Heidemann & Kristina Engelhard (eds.), Warum Kant heute? Bedeutung und Relevanz seiner Philosophie in der Gegenwart, De Gruyter. pp. 1-13. 2003.
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7Ethikbegründungen zwischen Universalismus und Relativismus (edited book)De Gruyter. 2005.Das seit einigen Jahren wachsende Interesse an Fragen der philosophischen Ethik scheint ungebrochen. Dabei ergeben sich durch die Auseinandersetzungen mit den unterschiedlichen Formen und Konzepten der Moralphilosophie Spannungen, aus denen ein heute kaum noch überschaubarer Pluralismus der Ethiken hervorgegangen ist. Dieser Pluralismus lässt sich jedoch im wesentlichen auf zwei unterschiedliche Begründungskonzepte zurückführen: Universalismus und Relativismus. Der von Heidemann und Engelhard vo…Read more
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65Dispositions manifest themselves: an identity theory of propertiesSynthese 199 (5-6): 13497-13522. 2021.The aim of this paper is to motivate a view on dispositions according to which dispositions and their manifestations are partially identical, the DM identity theory. It sets out by extrapolating the desiderata of a dispositionalist account of properties. It then shows that the previous theories are burdened with different problems, whose common cause, so the argument goes, is the separation assumption, which almost all share. It states that dispositions and their manifestations are numerically d…Read more
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20Making an Appearance as Itself: Kant vs. Leibniz on Grounding AppearancesIn Camilla Serck-Hanssen & Beatrix Himmelmann (eds.), The Court of Reason: Proceedings of the 13th International Kant Congress, De Gruyter. pp. 863-872. 2021.
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12Does matter consist of the simple or is it divisible into infinity? This is the question posed by the second antinomy of the Critique of Pure Reason. In this first comprehensive systematic study of the antinomy of division, its derivation, the proofs for thesis and antithesis as well as the resolution are analysed. The developmental and historical dimensions of the topic are also discussed. The study shows that although the antinomy of division is on the one hand a critique of metaphysics, it ne…Read more
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17Warum Kant heute? Bedeutung und Relevanz seiner Philosophie in der Gegenwart (edited book)De Gruyter. 2003.This volume offers a systematic overview of Kantian philosophy and of central currents and developments in contemporary philosophy.
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29Zeitmodi und Naturzeit in Kants Kritik der reinen VernunftIn Ralph Schumacher, Rolf-Peter Horstmann & Volker Gerhardt (eds.), Kant Und Die Berliner Aufklärung: Akten des Ix. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses. Bd. I: Hauptvorträge. Bd. Ii: Sektionen I-V. Bd. Iii: Sektionen Vi-X: Bd. Iv: Sektionen Xi-Xiv. Bd. V: Sektionen Xv-Xviii, De Gruyter. pp. 146-157. 2001.
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5Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804: Leben, Werk, Wirkung: Gedächtnisschrift zum 200. Todestag (edited book)Kirsch. 2004.
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14PrefaceJournal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 49 (2): 159-160. 2018.Preface to Journal of General Philosophy of Science, issue 2: Meta2physics. New Perspectives on Analytic and Naturalised Metaphysics of Science
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78The problem of grounding natural modality in Kant's account of empirical laws of natureStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 71 24-34. 2018.
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Otfried Hoffe, Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft. Die Grundlegung der modernen Philosophie (review)Philosophisches Jahrbuch 112 (1): 195. 2005.
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76Preface to Meta2physics: New Perspectives on Analytic & Naturalised Metaphysics of ScienceJournal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 49 (2): 159-160. 2018.Metaphysics, traditionally conceived, has often been defined as the inquiry into what lies beyond or is independent of experience, but which nonetheless pertains to the fundamental structure of reality. Thus understood, metaphysics produces claims that are not empirically testable. The 20th century logical empiricists famously—and ferociously—criticised metaphysics on these grounds as being devoid of cognitive content. Despite logical empiricism’s seminal role in the genesis and propagation of t…Read more
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34Kant’s Theory of Arithmetic: A Constructive Approach?Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 39 (2): 245-271. 2008.Kant's theory of arithmetic is not only a central element in his theoretical philosophy but also an important contribution to the philosophy of arithmetic as such. However, modern mathematics, especially non-Euclidean geometry, has placed much pressure on Kant's theory of mathematics. But objections against his theory of geometry do not necessarily correspond to arguments against his theory of arithmetic and algebra. The goal of this article is to show that at least some important details in Kan…Read more
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22Methods and Roles of Experience in Christian Wolff’s “Deutsche Metaphysik”Grazer Philosophische Studien 98 (1): 146-166. 2020.The main thesis of this article is that in Christian Wolff’s Deutsche Metaphysik, empirical sources of knowledge play important if not foundational roles and that inductive methods of reasoning are extensively applied. It is argued that experiential self-awareness plays a foundational role and that empirical evidence, phenomena, and scientific theories from the empirical sciences of Wolff’s time are used for inferential purposes. Wolff also makes use of inductive reasoning, i.e., abduction to hi…Read more
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43Können Dispositionen das Realismusproblem des transzendentalen Idealismus lösen?In Mario Egger (ed.), Philosophie Nach Kant: Neue Wege Zum Verständnis von Kants Transzendental- Und Moralphilosophie, De Gruyter. pp. 15-36. 2014.
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32Kant’s Theory of Causality: Categories, Laws and PowersIn Stefano Bacin, Alfredo Ferrarin, Claudio La Rocca & Margit Ruffing (eds.), Kant und die Philosophie in weltbürgerlicher Absicht. Akten des XI. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, De Gruyter. pp. 575-586. 2013.
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100Inductive metaphysics: Editors' introductionGrazer Philosophische Studien 98 (1): 1-26. 2021.This introduction consists of two parts. In the first part, the special issue editors introduce inductive metaphysics from a historical as well as from a systematic point of view and discuss what distinguishes it from other modern approaches to metaphysics. In the second part, they give a brief summary of the individual articles in this special issue.
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92Kant’s Theory of Arithmetic: A Constructive Approach? (review)Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 39 (2). 2008.Kant’s theory of arithmetic is not only a central element in his theoretical philosophy but also an important contribution to the philosophy of arithmetic as such. However, modern mathematics, especially non-Euclidean geometry, has placed much pressure on Kant’s theory of mathematics. But objections against his theory of geometry do not necessarily correspond to arguments against his theory of arithmetic and algebra. The goal of this article is to show that at least some important details in Kan…Read more
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11Dispositions and Causes. Edited by Toby Handfield. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009. ISBN: 78-0-19-955893-3; £ 45.00 (hardback); 304 pages\Dispositions and Causal Powers. Edited by Max Kistler and Bruno Gnassounou. Aldershot: Ashgate 2007. ISBN 978-0-7546-5425-4; £ 65.00 (hardback; online: £ 58.50); 316 pages (review)History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 13 (1): 155-166. 2010.
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25Handbook of Potentiality (edited book)Springer. 2018.This volume congregates articles of leading philosophers about potentials and potentiality in all areas of philosophy and the empirical sciences in which they play a relevant role. It is the first encompassing collection of articles on the metaphysics of potentials and potentiality.
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Immanuel Kant: Key ConceptsRoutledge. 2010.Immanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of philosophy. His transcendental idealism claims to overcome the skepticism of David Hume, resolve the impasse between empiricism and rationalism, and establish the reality of human freedom and moral agency. A thorough understanding of Kant is indispensable to any philosopher today. The significance of Kant's thought is matched by its complexity. His revolutionary ideas are systematically interconnected and he presents them using a…Read more
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2Categories and the ontology of powers: a vindication of the identity theory of propertiesIn Anna Marmodoro (ed.), The Metaphysics of Powers: Their Grounding and Their Manifestations, Routledge. 2010.
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8Immanuel Kant: Key Concepts (edited book)Acumen Publishing. 2011.To do philosophy at any sustained level involves an encounter with Kant. This collection from top contributors unpacks his notoriously dense and complex ideas and presents them in a form manageable for the beginning student.
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