Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes
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Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes is a philosophical work by Wilfrid Sellars that offers a systematic reinterpretation of Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy in light of contemporary analytic philosophy and scientific realism.
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Target entity: Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes Context triple: [Wilfrid Sellars, notableWork, Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes]
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Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics
"Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics" is a major philosophical work by Martin Heidegger that offers an influential reinterpretation of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, especially regarding the foundations of metaphysics and human finitude.
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On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics
"On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics" is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper that examines the relationship, boundaries, and methodological differences between empirical science and metaphysical speculation.
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Kantian metaphysics
Kantian metaphysics is Immanuel Kant’s critical account of the limits and conditions of human knowledge and experience, which redefines traditional metaphysics by grounding it in the a priori structures of cognition.
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D.
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics is a major philosophical work by Michael Dummett that develops his influential views on realism, anti-realism, and the role of language in metaphysical debates.
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An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is a major work of analytic philosophy that offers a rigorous and influential interpretation and reconstruction of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes Target entity description: Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes is a philosophical work by Wilfrid Sellars that offers a systematic reinterpretation of Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy in light of contemporary analytic philosophy and scientific realism.
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A.
Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics
"Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics" is a major philosophical work by Martin Heidegger that offers an influential reinterpretation of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, especially regarding the foundations of metaphysics and human finitude.
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B.
On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics
"On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics" is a philosophical essay by Karl Popper that examines the relationship, boundaries, and methodological differences between empirical science and metaphysical speculation.
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C.
Kantian metaphysics
Kantian metaphysics is Immanuel Kant’s critical account of the limits and conditions of human knowledge and experience, which redefines traditional metaphysics by grounding it in the a priori structures of cognition.
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D.
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics is a major philosophical work by Michael Dummett that develops his influential views on realism, anti-realism, and the role of language in metaphysical debates.
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E.
An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is a major work of analytic philosophy that offers a rigorous and influential interpretation and reconstruction of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
- F. None of above. chosen
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conceptual framework of experience
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relation between appearance and reality ⓘ role of categories in knowledge ⓘ status of scientific theories ⓘ |
| author | Wilfrid Sellars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor | Wilfrid Sellars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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metaphysical implications of modern science
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non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
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categories of understanding
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conditions of possibility of experience ⓘ phenomena and noumena ⓘ synthetic a priori ⓘ transcendental idealism ⓘ |
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realist interpretation of theoretical entities
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Immanuel Kant
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contemporary analytic philosophy ⓘ critical philosophy ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ |
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Immanuel Kant
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Kantian philosophy ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ |
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metaphysics of science
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theoretical philosophy ⓘ |
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analytic philosophy ⓘ |
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Immanuel Kant
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Wilfrid Sellars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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advanced courses on Kant
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graduate seminars in analytic philosophy ⓘ seminars on philosophy of science ⓘ |
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