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KANT, Immanuel (1724-1804). Critik der Urtheilskraft. Berlin and Libau: Lagarde and Friedrich, 1790.
First edition of Kant’s third major work, reconciling the philosopher’s scientific outlook with the moral and religious needs of man. Dealing with the issues raised by his philosophy, Kant argues for the existence of a final purpose or cause of nature without which science would not be possible. The first part of the work is devoted to the ‘critique of the aesthetical judgment’. The second part is a ‘critique of the teleological judgment’, in which Kant denies the possibility that organisms might be explained mechanically, which he had entertained earlier. 'All the phenomena of inanimated nature can be explained in terms of the motion of matter in space and enduring through time, while for living things such efficient causes are not enough — they must be explained in terms of an end and thus require final causes in addition to effcient ones. In more modern terms, biology, for Kant, cannot in the final analysis be explained solely in terms of physics and chemistry' (DSB). Norman 1199.
Octavo (195 x 120mm). Woodcut device on title, errata at end (lightly spotted throughout, light browning on title and the first pages of preface, tiny marginal worming to last two leaves). Contemporary half calf (rebacked, free endpapers reinforced).
First edition of Kant’s third major work, reconciling the philosopher’s scientific outlook with the moral and religious needs of man. Dealing with the issues raised by his philosophy, Kant argues for the existence of a final purpose or cause of nature without which science would not be possible. The first part of the work is devoted to the ‘critique of the aesthetical judgment’. The second part is a ‘critique of the teleological judgment’, in which Kant denies the possibility that organisms might be explained mechanically, which he had entertained earlier. 'All the phenomena of inanimated nature can be explained in terms of the motion of matter in space and enduring through time, while for living things such efficient causes are not enough — they must be explained in terms of an end and thus require final causes in addition to effcient ones. In more modern terms, biology, for Kant, cannot in the final analysis be explained solely in terms of physics and chemistry' (DSB). Norman 1199.
Octavo (195 x 120mm). Woodcut device on title, errata at end (lightly spotted throughout, light browning on title and the first pages of preface, tiny marginal worming to last two leaves). Contemporary half calf (rebacked, free endpapers reinforced).
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