Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?
Krüger, Lorenz / Carl, Wolfgang / Daston, Lorraine / Sturm, Thomas
What are the relationships between philosophy and the history of philosophy, the history of science and the philosophy of science?
This selection of essays by Lorenz Krüger (1932-1994) presents exemplary studies on the philosophy of John Locke and Immanuel Kant, on the history of physics and on the scope and limitations of scientific explanation, and a realistic understanding of science and truth. In his treatment of leading currents in 20th ...