Natural history and variability of organized beings in Kant's philosophy
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This paper aims to examine Kant’s views on evolution of organized beings and
to show that Kant’s antievolutionary conclusions stem from his study of natural history
and variability of organisms. Accordingly, I discuss Kant’s study of natural history and
consider whether his conclusion about impossibility of knowledge about such history
expands on the research of history of organized beings. Moving forward, I examine the
notion of variability in Kant’s philosophy, and show that his theory of organized beings
relies on the preformationist conception of variability that provides limited insight
into the history of organisms. I explain that Kant’s endorsement of preformationism
is conditioned by a lack of knowledge about the mechanism that successfully explains
adaptation and transmutation of organisms leading towards the creation of new
species. Finally, I sumarize the following reasons for Kant’s rejection of the hypothesis
of evolution: lack of cognitive ability to discover a...ll changes of natural phenomena
in different periods of time and adoption of preformationist conception of variability
of organized beings. I finish off with a discussion about mechanical inexplicability of
organisms and find a third reason Kant believes that the idea of evolution is only “a
daring adventure on the part of reason”.
Кључне речи:
Kant / evolution / organized beings / natural history / variabilityИзвор:
Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 2022, 01, 35, 91-107Издавач:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Dynamic Systems in Nature and Society: Philosophical and Empirical Aspects (179041)
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Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Stamenković, Bogdana PY - 2022 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3815 AB - This paper aims to examine Kant’s views on evolution of organized beings and to show that Kant’s antievolutionary conclusions stem from his study of natural history and variability of organisms. Accordingly, I discuss Kant’s study of natural history and consider whether his conclusion about impossibility of knowledge about such history expands on the research of history of organized beings. Moving forward, I examine the notion of variability in Kant’s philosophy, and show that his theory of organized beings relies on the preformationist conception of variability that provides limited insight into the history of organisms. I explain that Kant’s endorsement of preformationism is conditioned by a lack of knowledge about the mechanism that successfully explains adaptation and transmutation of organisms leading towards the creation of new species. Finally, I sumarize the following reasons for Kant’s rejection of the hypothesis of evolution: lack of cognitive ability to discover all changes of natural phenomena in different periods of time and adoption of preformationist conception of variability of organized beings. I finish off with a discussion about mechanical inexplicability of organisms and find a third reason Kant believes that the idea of evolution is only “a daring adventure on the part of reason”. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd T2 - Belgrade Philosophical Annual T1 - Natural history and variability of organized beings in Kant's philosophy EP - 107 IS - 35 SP - 91 VL - 01 DO - 10.5937/BPA2235091S ER -
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Stamenković, B.. (2022). Natural history and variability of organized beings in Kant's philosophy. in Belgrade Philosophical Annual Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za filozofiju, Beograd., 01(35), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA2235091S
Stamenković B. Natural history and variability of organized beings in Kant's philosophy. in Belgrade Philosophical Annual. 2022;01(35):91-107. doi:10.5937/BPA2235091S .
Stamenković, Bogdana, "Natural history and variability of organized beings in Kant's philosophy" in Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 01, no. 35 (2022):91-107, https://doi.org/10.5937/BPA2235091S . .