The Relation of Kant`s Transcendent Philosophy to Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Assistant professor at Imam Khomeini Research and Education Institute

10.22081/pwq.2018.66062

Abstract

The validity of physics and mathematics is from the ultimate goals and purposes and, at the same time, from presuppositions of Kant's transcendental philosophy. This fact means that Kant's philosophy in this field is subject to a vicious circle or begging a question, because Kant, when opposing Hume and Barclay's objects and explaining the certainty and objectivity of physics and mathematics, relies on the validity of these sciences. On the other hand, reliance on eighteenth-century sciences in philosophical deductions has destroyed the validity of important parts of Kant's philosophy as a result of developments in the sciences. In the present paper, by explaining the relationship between philosophy and other sciences, we have pointed out some of the damage that Kant's philosophy has suffered as a result of adherence to natural and mathematical sciences

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