ID - 309049 TI - Constituting objectivity : transcendental perspectives on modern physics AU - Kerszberg, Pierre AU - Bitbol, Michel AU - Petitot, Jean PY - 2009 VL - 74 SN - 1566659X SN - 9781402095108 9781402095092 1402095090 9048181445 9786612068799 1282068792 1402095104 PB - [Dordrecht] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - kennisleer KW - Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) KW - Theory of knowledge KW - History of physics KW - filosofie KW - epistomologie KW - geschiedenis KW - Philosophy of science KW - fysica KW - wetenschapsgeschiedenis KW - epistemologists KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophy. KW - Philosophy of Science. KW - Epistemology. KW - History of Physics. KW - History of Science. KW - Modern Philosophy. KW - Philosophy (General). KW - Science KW - Genetic epistemology. KW - Philosophy, modern. KW - Physics KW - Sciences KW - Epistémologie génétique KW - Physique KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Philosophie KW - Objectivity. KW - Transcendentalism. KW - Modern philosophy. KW - Philosophy and science. KW - Physics. KW - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. KW - Transcendental functions. KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Functions, Transcendental KW - Functions, Special KW - Modern philosophy KW - Developmental psychology KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Normal science KW - Epistemology KW - Psychology KW - Science and philosophy KW - Transcendantalisme KW - Objectivité KW - Objectivité UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:309049 AB - In recent years, many philosophers of modern physics came to the conclusion that the problem of how objectivity is constituted (rather than merely given) can no longer be avoided, and therefore that a transcendental approach in the spirit of Kant is now philosophically relevant. The usual excuse for skipping this task is that the historical form given by Kant to transcendental epistemology has been challenged by Relativity and Quantum Physics. However, the true challenge is not to force modern physics into a rigidly construed static version of Kant's philosophy, but to provide Kant's method with flexibility and generality. In this book, the top specialists of the field pin down the methodological core of transcendental epistemology that must be used in order to throw light on the foundations of modern physics. First, the basic tools Kant used for his transcendental reading of Newtonian Mechanics are examined, and then early transcendental approaches of Relativistic and Quantum Physics are revisited. Transcendental procedures are also applied to contemporary physics, and this renewed transcendental interpretation is finally compared with structural realism and constructive empiricism. The book will be of interest to scientists, historians and philosophers who are involved in the foundational problems of modern physics. . ER -