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Concluding Remarks

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Kant on Proper Science

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I have analyzed Kant’s views on biology and biological methodology from the perspective of his conception of proper science and methodology. In this final chapter, I present a brief overview of my main arguments and provide some general considerations on the status of biology in Kant’s philosophy of science.

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    Mayr 1982, 36; Zumbach 1984.

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  • Mayr, E. 1982. The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.

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  • Zumbach, C. 1984. The Transcendent Science: Kants Conception of Biological Methodology. Den Haag: Kluwer.

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van den Berg, H. (2014). Concluding Remarks. In: Kant on Proper Science. Studies in German Idealism, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7140-6_9

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