Kant's Justification of Newtonian Science

康德对牛顿科学的论证

• 批准号: 0080360
• 负责人: Eric Watkins
• 金额: $ 8.01万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-01 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080360&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Kant; Justification; Newtonian; Science

The project is a study of Kant's justification of Newtonian science. It shows how Kant's justification of Newtonian science is a justification not of the fundamental principles of Newton's Principia, but rather of Newtonian science, that is, how Newton's Principia was received in 18th century Germany. Given the rich array of ways in which various figures attempted to come to terms with Newtonian science, the project illustrates how Kant's attempt at justifying Newtonian science most closely resemble projects by those with significant interests in metaphysics (e.g., Leibnizians such as Wolff, Knutzen, Gottsched). Kant sees the need to develop non-empirical justifications of Newtonian principles and to articulate an ontology that is compatible with Newtonian physics (given his rejection of Newtonian absolute space and time). The results of this project should benefit anyone interested in the history of philosophy of science, the history of science, and the history of philosophy, and, in general, to those interested in understanding the complex relations among natural science and philosophy.

这个项目是对康德为牛顿科学辩护的研究。它说明了康德对牛顿科学的论证不是对牛顿原理的基本原理的论证，而是对牛顿科学的论证，也就是说，牛顿的原理在18世纪的德国是如何被接受的。考虑到各种各样的人物试图与牛顿科学达成协议的丰富方式，该项目说明了康德为牛顿科学辩护的尝试如何与那些对形而上学有重大兴趣的人（例如，莱布尼茨学派的沃尔夫、克努岑、戈特舍德）的项目最相似。康德认为有必要发展牛顿原理的非经验证明，并阐明一个与牛顿物理学兼容的本体论（考虑到他拒绝牛顿的绝对空间和时间）。这个项目的成果应该对任何对科学哲学史、科学史和哲学史感兴趣的人，以及对理解自然科学与哲学之间的复杂关系感兴趣的人都有好处。