Opinion poll CpR B XVI - 990111 2213 Green

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Von: David Green <dgreen@belief.prestel.co.uk>
An: Multiple recipients of list <kant-l@bucknell.edu>
Betreff: RE: Opinion poll: CpR B XVI
Datum: Montag, 11. Januar 1999 22:22

Michael

I think it is relevant in that science sometimes has to make breakthrough
discoveries which are not
driven by previous scientific knowledge or observations and therefore may
have something to do with a priori
concepts in the philosophical sense. That is to say that anew world view
may involve constructing a new reality
of judgements made out of intuitions brought under the concepts. Question;
may we, as someone has suggested,
develop new concepts or must we accept that they are truly a priori?

The 'mere induction' of daily scientific research, I think you are right in
saying, has little
relevance to Kantian philosophy except in the purely individual human sense,
if you believe Kant,
which all Humans share. Even scientists!

David Green

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> From: kant-l@bucknell.edu [mailto:kant-l@bucknell.edu]On Behalf Of
> Michael Scarpitti
> Sent: 11 January 1999 14:05
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> I must confess that I am not sure of the relevance of the Kantian
> dichotomy to science and society today except in quantum physics.
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> Michael A Scarpitti
> e-mail mscarpit@asnt.org
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