Kant&rsquo\;s notion of reason or rationality as related to the sciences is multifaceted. For instance\, reason provides certain &ldquo\;ideas&rdquo\; for scientific research and for the integration of its results\; it has methodological functions in theoretical explanation\, experimentation (including thought experiments)\, or mathematical proof. Moreover\, reason is the source of the &ldquo\;form&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;matter&rdquo\; of the so-called Vernunftwissenschaften\, such as logic\, mathematics\, metaphysics\, and pure natural science\, but also plays theoretical roles in empirical sciences such as history and anthropology. In addition\, reason guides the structured classification or &ldquo\;architectonic&rdquo\; of all sciences into one complete and consistent system. This diversity of aspects and activities of reason for the sciences needs to be understood\; and one equally well needs to ask what\, if anything\, unifies that rich diversity. Last but not least\, the conference also aims to take a fresh look at Kant&rsquo\;s impact for accounts of scientific rationality up until today. How has the concept of such rationality developed after Kant? Where did he have an influence\, and where did new assumptions and agendas emerge and why? Where can current debates still profit from Kant&rsquo\;s account?
\nOrganized by:
\nProf. Dr. Thomas Sturm
\nProf. Dr. Nina Dmitrieva
\nDr. Andrey Zilber
\nRegistration is required.
\nPlease register via email to Andrey Zilber azilber@kantiana.ru until September 30\, 2020.
\nPROGRAM
\n(Kaliningrad time = Central European Time)
\nOctober 9
\n14:30 Welcome: Thomas Sturm &\; Nina Dmitrieva
\nChair: Rudolf Meer
\n14:45 Thomas Sturm
\nA Pluralistic Account of Reason in Kant&rsquo\;s Philosophy of Science
\n15:45 Michiel Van Lambalgen
\nKant&rsquo\;s Vision of Mathematical Structures Underlying the Critique of Pure Reason: \;
\nCompletions and Completeness
\n16:45 Break
\n17:15 James Hebbeler (Philadelphia 11:15 a.m.)
\nKant on Reason\, Explanation\, and Science
\n18:15 Hein Van den Berg &\; Boris Demarest \;
\nKant on Scientific Hypotheses: Historical and Systematic Perspectives
\n19:15 Break
\n19:45 Michael Bennett McNulty (Twin Cities 12:45 a.m.)
\nThe Unity of Reason and Its Varieties: Systematicity in Chemistry\, Psychology\, and Natural History \;
\nOctober 10
\nChair: Martin Sticker \;
\n14:30 Rudolf Meer
\nBetween Old and New Teleology. Kant on Maupertuis&rsquo\; Principle of Least Action
\n15:30 Sergio Alberto Fuentes Gonzalez \;
\nThought Experiments in Kant&rsquo\;s Philosophy: Types\, Roles and Applications
\n16:30 Break
\n17:00 Lydia Patton (Virginia 11:00 a.m.)
\nWorlds and Powers: Reason in Kant&rsquo\;s Theory of Matter in the Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science
\n18:00 David Hyder (Ottawa 12:00 a.m.)
\nSpace\, Time and Cause: The Rational Determination of Nature in Kant and Einstein
\n19:00 Break
\n19:30 Huaping Lu-Adler (San Jose\, CA 10:30 a.m.)
\nKant&rsquo\;s Theory of Testimony and Its Use in Natural Science - With a Сase Study of his Treatment of Travel Reports.
\nOctober 11
\nChair: Vadim Chaly
\n14:30 Valentin Bazhanov (Ulyanovsk 17:30)
\nThe Concept of Number Through the Lens of the Kantian Research Program in Current Neuroscience
\n15:30 Alexey Zhavoronkov (Moscow 16:30)
\nKant's Pragmatic Reason in Contemporary Sociology: Third Way or Methodological Impasse?
\n16:30 Break
\n17:00 Karin De Boer &\; Pavel Reichl \;
\nKantian Elements in Kuhn's Theory of Science
\n18:00 Leonid Kornilaev \;
\nThe Problem of Unity and Disunity of Science: Kant vs. Kuhn
\n19:00 Break
\n19:30 Angela Breitenbach (Cambridge 18:30)
\nKant&rsquo\;s Normative Conception of Science
\nEnd of Conference
\n***
\nSPEAKERS
\nValentin Bazhanov - Ulyanovsk State University / Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad) \;
\nAngela Breitenbach - King's College\, University of Cambridge
\nKarin De Boer - Catholic University of Leuven &\; Pavel Reichl &ndash\; Heidelberg University
\nJames Hebbeler - Saint Joseph&rsquo\;s University (Philadelphia)
\nMichael Bennett McNulty - University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
\nSergio Alberto Fuentes Gonzalez - Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad)
\nDavid Hyder - University of Ottawa
\nLeonid Kornilaev - Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad)
\nHuaping Lu-Adler - Georgetown University
\nRudolf Meer - University of Graz / Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad)
\nLydia Patton - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University \;
\nThomas Sturm - Universitat Autò\;noma de Barcelona &\; ICREA / Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad) \;
\nMichiel Van Lambalgen - University of Amsterdam
\nHein Van den Berg - University of Amsterdam &\; Boris Demarest \;- \;Heidelberg University
\nAlexey Zhavoronkov - Institute of Philosophy\, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)
\nImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad)
\nThis event is the first in a series of three international conferences organized by the Kantian Rationality Lab &ndash\; an international research project located at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad). The project\, with currently 20 team members\, focuses in study of Kantian rationality in philosophy of science\, in ethics and in the project of Enlightenment. \;
\nOur conferences are supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation grant no. 075-15-2019-1929\, project Kantian Rationality and Its Impact in Contemporary Science\, Technology\, and Social Institutions\, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU)\, Kaliningrad.
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