Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics: Volume 1, The Critical Philosophy and its Roots

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The late 1960s saw the emergence of new philosophical interest in Kant's philosophy of mathematics, and since then this interest has developed into a major and dynamic field of study. In this state-of-the-art survey of contemporary scholarship on Kant's mathematical thinking, Carl Posy and Ofra Rechter gather leading authors who approach it from multiple perspectives, engaging with topics including geometry, arithmetic, logic, and metaphysics. Their essays offer fine-grained analysis of Kant's philosophy of mathematics in the context of his Critical philosophy, and also show sensitivity to its historical background. The volume will be important for readers seeking a comprehensive picture of the current scholarship about the development of Kant's philosophy of mathematics, its place in his overall philosophy, and the Kantian themes that influenced mathematics and its philosophy after Kant.

Carl Posy is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is editor of Kant's Philosophy of Mathematics: Modern Essays (1992) and has written extensively on the philosophy of mathematics as well as on Kant. Ofra Rechter is a member of the philosophy department at Tel-Aviv University. Her work focuses on Kant within the philosophy of mathematics and its history, and she has published a number of papers on Kant's philosophy of arithmetic.

'... this volume of works will prove important for scholars working in the field of general Kant studies.' L. C. Archie, Choice