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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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209627

Kant on chance and explanation

Berna Kilinc

pp. 453-463

Abstract

On several occasions, Kant posed a dichotomy or trichotomy concerning the possible ways to explain the existence of a thing, within or outside of a proper science. For instance, writing in connection with artifacts and organisms in the Critique of Judgment, he pondered:Now if one asks why a thing exists, the answer is either that its existence and its generation have no relation at all to a cause acting according to intentions, and in that case one always understands its origin to be in the mechanism of nature; or there is some intentional ground of its existence (as a contingent natural being).

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Dieks Dennis, Hartmann Stephan, Uebel Thomas, Weber Marcel, González Wenceslao J. (2011) Explanation, prediction, and confirmation. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 453-463

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1180-8_30

Full citation:

Kilinc Berna (2011) „Kant on chance and explanation“, In: D. Dieks, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel, M. Weber & W. J. González (eds.), Explanation, prediction, and confirmation, Dordrecht, Springer, 453–463.