The Cosmos As Involving Local Laws and Inconceivable without Them.
Traditional debates, such as those regarding whether the universe is finite in spatial or temporal extent, exemplified, according to Kant, the inherent tendency of pure reason to lead us astray. Although various aspects of Kant's arguments fail to find a footing in modern cosmology, Kant's objection...
| Published in: | Monist Vol. 100; no. 3; pp. 357 - 373 |
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