The Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth-Century Science

by Michael Friedman and Alfred Nordmann

The contributions of Kantian thought to modern mathematics, mathematical logic, and the foundations of mathematics are now widely acknowledged by scholars. As the essays in this volume show, the general development of modern scientific thought--including the physical sciences, the life sciences, and mathematics--can be viewed as an evolution from Kant through Poincar to Einstein and the logical positivists and beyond. Focusing on nineteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002DZHE8Q
• ISBN13: 9780262062541
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher